The Wolfram Language's unified architecture allows every aspect of the Wolfram System's interface to be controlled and specified programmatically using the symbolic constructs and functions of the Wolfram Language.

Options — find option settings for any aspect of a notebook or the Wolfram System interface

SetOptions — set any of over a thousand possible options

$FrontEnd — symbolic object representing the complete Wolfram System front end

$FrontEndSession — symbolic object for the current Wolfram System session

SelectedNotebook   ▪ EvaluationNotebook   ▪ NotebookSelection

Cell & Styling Options »

DefaultNewCellStyle   ▪ StyleDefinitions   ▪ InputAliases   ▪ ...

Window Options »

Magnification   ▪ DockedCells   ▪ Background   ▪ WindowMargins   ▪ ...

CurrentValue — find dynamically updated interface values

EventHandler   ▪ FrontEndEventActions   ▪ NotebookEventActions

FrontEndTokenExecute — execute a menu-like front end command

FrontEndExecute — send an expression to be executed by the front end

FrontEndToken — representation of a front end command which can be given to FrontEndExecute

UsingFrontEnd — execute kernel commands using a front end if necessary

VersionedPreferences — whether to make preferences specific to a particular version

$DefaultFrontEnd — symbolic object for the default Wolfram System configuration

Related Workflow Guides

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• Importing and Analyzing Data
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• Styling & Formatting

Related Guides

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• Custom Interface Construction
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• Notebook Programming
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• Stylesheets
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• Front End Menu Actions

Related Links

• Wolfram Community: Interface Construction