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is a global option that specifies settings for the legacy Help Browser.


HelpBrowserSettings
is a global option that specifies settings for the legacy Help Browser.
Details


- The typical usage is HelpBrowserSettings->{opt1->val1,opt2->val2,…}.
- The following options may be specified:
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"ShowCategories" True specifies whether browser categories are displayed in the legacy Help Browser window "WindowMargins" Automatic specifies the size of margins around the legacy Help Browser window "WindowSize" {1000, 584} specifies the size of the window used to display the legacy Help Browser window - With the default setting "ShowCategories"->True, the browser window contains a set of columns that display the categories of help information available.
- With the setting "ShowCategories"->False, the columns containing the browser categories are no longer visible, thus increasing the amount of text that can be displayed within the legacy Help Browser.
- "WindowSize"->{w,h} gives the width and height of the window in printer's points.
- Setting either the width or height to Automatic causes the size of the window to be determined from the setting for "WindowMargins" and the size of your screen.
- The setting for "WindowSize" changes whenever you resize the window interactively.
- "WindowMargins"->{{left,right},{bottom,top}} determines the distances from each edge of your screen to each edge of the window.
- The values of left, right, bottom, and top are given in points, where 72 points equal one inch.
- Negative values of left, right, bottom, and top represent edges that are off the screen.
- Typically only two distances are given explicitly; the others are set to Automatic, indicating that they should be determined from the size of the window.
- The settings for "WindowMargins" change automatically whenever you move a window around interactively on the screen.
- The window edges closer to the edges of the screen are typically assigned explicit margin distances; the other edges are set to Automatic. This allows the same setting for "WindowMargins" to work on screens of different sizes.
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), HelpBrowserSettings, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HelpBrowserSettings.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "HelpBrowserSettings." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HelpBrowserSettings.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). HelpBrowserSettings. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HelpBrowserSettings.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_helpbrowsersettings, author="Wolfram Research", title="{HelpBrowserSettings}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HelpBrowserSettings.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_helpbrowsersettings, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={HelpBrowserSettings}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HelpBrowserSettings.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}