StringQ (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StringQ[expr] gives True if expr is a string, and False otherwise.

TableAlignments (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TableAlignments is an option for TableForm and MatrixForm which specifies how entries in each dimension should be aligned.

Introduction to Control Objects (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica includes many controls and structures related to controls as part of its core language. These control objects are supported in a completely seamless way ...

Change the Lighting of Plots (Mathematica How To)

You can enhance the appearance of 3D graphics in Mathematica by changing the direction and color of plot lighting. Lighting , an option for Graphics3D and related functions, ...

Import and Export Images (Mathematica How To)

Of the many ways images can be loaded into a Mathematica notebook, Import is the main method used to access image files on your local computer or at a remote location. The ...

AbsoluteDashing (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AbsoluteDashing[{d_1, d_2, ...}] is a graphics directive which specifies that lines which follow are to be drawn dashed, with successive segments having absolute lengths d_1, ...

ChartElements (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ChartElements is an option to charting functions such as BarChart that specifies the graphics to use as the basis for bars or other chart elements.

ControlType (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ControlType is an option for Manipulate and related functions that specifies what type of controls should be displayed.

ImageLines (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ImageLines[image] finds line segments in image and returns the coordinates of their endpoints.ImageLines[image, t] uses the threshold t for selecting image ...

Opener (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Opener[x] represents an opener with setting x, displayed as OpenerBox[True] when x is True and OpenerBox[False] when x is False. Opener[Dynamic[x]] takes the setting to be ...