is an option for Manipulate, TabView, and other control objects that specifies where controls should be placed.


ControlPlacement
is an option for Manipulate, TabView, and other control objects that specifies where controls should be placed.
Details

- Possible settings include:
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pos place all controls in the specified position {pos1,pos2,…} place control i in position posi - Possible forms for pos include Bottom, Left, Top, Right.
- The default alignment is Automatic, which corresponds to the standard alignment for the current type of control on the current computer system.
- On supported touchscreen devices, settings for ControlPlacement may be overridden by settings for TouchscreenControlPlacement.
Examples
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Several functions take a ControlPlacement option:
See Also
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 2007 (6.0) | Updated in 2008 (7.0) ▪ 2012 (9.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ControlPlacement, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html (updated 2012).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ControlPlacement." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ControlPlacement. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_controlplacement, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ControlPlacement}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_controlplacement, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ControlPlacement}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}