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CellOpen

is an option for Cell that specifies whether the contents of a cell should be explicitly displayed.

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CellOpen

CellOpen

is an option for Cell that specifies whether the contents of a cell should be explicitly displayed.

Details

  • With CellOpen->False, a small cell bracket is still shown to indicate the presence of a cell.
  • Cells that are not open can still be evaluated automatically if you set InitializationCell->True.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a notebook with one open cell and one closed cell:

Find data in a closed cell:

Wolfram Research (1996), CellOpen, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), CellOpen, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "CellOpen." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). CellOpen. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_cellopen, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CellOpen}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html}", note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_cellopen, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CellOpen}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellOpen.html}, note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}