ShowShortBoxForm

This function has not been fully integrated into the long-term Wolfram Language, and is subject to change.

ShowShortBoxForm

is an option for cells that specifies whether box expressions, which are used to represent two-dimensional forms in a cell, are displayed in a more compact notation when the expression for that cell is viewed.

Details

  • With the default setting ShowShortBoxForm->False, cell expressions involving two-dimensional objects are not displayed in ShortBoxForm. ShortBoxForm, though more compact, is less intuitive to read and interpret. Hence the conventional notation is preferred when viewing and editing cell expressions.
  • With the setting ShowShortBoxForm->True, the expression for a cell containing two-dimensional objects is represented in a compact notation called ShortBoxForm.
  • To view the expression for a cell, select the cell and choose Cell Show Expression.
  • For example, an input cell containing the expression a2+b2 would be displayed as: Cell[BoxData[\(a\^2 + b\^2\)], "Input"] with ShowShortBoxForm->True; and as Cell[BoxData[RowBox[{SuperscriptBox["a", "2"],"+",SuperscriptBox["b", "2"]}]], "Input"] with ShowShortBoxForm->False.
Wolfram Research (1999), ShowShortBoxForm, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), ShowShortBoxForm, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "ShowShortBoxForm." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). ShowShortBoxForm. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_showshortboxform, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowShortBoxForm}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_showshortboxform, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowShortBoxForm}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowShortBoxForm.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}