is a notebook option that specifies whether the window for the notebook should become selected if you click it.


WindowClickSelect
is a notebook option that specifies whether the window for the notebook should become selected if you click it.
Details

- With WindowClickSelect->True, clicking the window corresponding to a notebook makes that notebook the currently selected one.
- WindowClickSelect affects selection of a window as a whole; Selectable affects only selection of the contents of a window.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Create a notebook that does not become the selected notebook when clicked:
Clicking the "text" button pastes "text" into the currently selected notebook:
With WindowClickSelect->True, clicking the button causes its notebook to be selected:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), WindowClickSelect, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WindowClickSelect.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "WindowClickSelect." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WindowClickSelect.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). WindowClickSelect. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WindowClickSelect.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_windowclickselect, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WindowClickSelect}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WindowClickSelect.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_windowclickselect, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WindowClickSelect}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WindowClickSelect.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}