is a global option that specifies which directories the Wolfram System searches for palettes on startup.


PalettePath
is a global option that specifies which directories the Wolfram System searches for palettes on startup.
Details

- The directories to be searched are specified using the FrontEnd`FileName function. Typical directories included in PalettePath are FrontEnd`FileName[{$UserBaseDirectory,"SystemFiles", "FrontEnd","Palettes"}] and FrontEnd`FileName[{$BaseDirectory,"SystemFiles","FrontEnd","Palettes"}].
- The Palettes menu lists all the notebooks found in the directories specified by PalettePath.
See Also
Menu Items: Install Palette
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), PalettePath, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PalettePath.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "PalettePath." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PalettePath.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). PalettePath. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PalettePath.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_palettepath, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PalettePath}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PalettePath.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_palettepath, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PalettePath}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PalettePath.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}