Global Options for the Front End (Mathematica Tutorial)

In the standard notebook front end, Mathematica allows you to set a large number of global options. The values of all these options are by default saved in a "preferences ...

Raw Character Encodings (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica always allows you to refer to special characters by using names such as ∖[Alpha] or explicit hexadecimal codes such as ∖:03b1. And when Mathematica writes out ...

Requesting Input (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica usually works by taking whatever input you give, and then processing it. Sometimes, however, you may want to have a program you write explicitly request more ...

ColorChooser (GUIKit Package)

Widget["ColorChooser"] provides a panel for making a color selection from various color model interfaces.

Timer (GUIKit Package)

Widget["Timer"] creates a timed action.

Loading GUIs (GUIKit Package Tutorial)

When you load an interface with GUIRun or GUIRunModal, the widget definitions are turned into runtime widgets and the graphical user interface is immediately displayed on the ...

NB (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME types: application/mathematica, application/vnd.wolfram.mathematica Mathematica notebooks. Used for storing and exchanging Mathematica input and output and ...

AxesLabel (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AxesLabel is an option for graphics functions that specifies labels for axes.

CellMargins (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CellMargins is an option for Cell that specifies the absolute margins in printer's points to leave around a cell.

Named Characters (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides systemwide support for a large number of special characters. Each character has a name and a number of shortcut aliases. They are fully supported by the ...