is an option for displayed objects, cells, and notebooks that specifies whether their contents can be selected interactively using the front end.


Selectable
is an option for displayed objects, cells, and notebooks that specifies whether their contents can be selected interactively using the front end.
Details

- Even with the setting Selectable->False, an object can be selected as a whole.
- With Selectable->False set at the notebook level, no cells in the notebook can be selected.
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), Selectable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Selectable.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "Selectable." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Selectable.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). Selectable. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Selectable.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_selectable, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Selectable}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Selectable.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_selectable, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Selectable}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Selectable.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}