The Wolfram Language's symbolic architecture makes it unprecedentedly easy to create and manipulate sophisticated layouts for user interfaces—both as static structures and with structures generated dynamically during the execution of a program.

Tabular Constructs

Grid — construct an arbitrary 2D layout

Item — wrapper for individual Grid items that applies options to the full region of the grid

ItemSize   ▪ Spacings   ▪ Dividers   ▪ Frame   ▪ Alignment   ▪ ...

Row , Column — 1D layouts

RadioButtonBar   ▪ CheckboxBar   ▪ SetterBar   ▪ TogglerBar

Annotation Structures »

Panel — enclose anything in a system-drawn panel

Labeled — display a label for any object

Overlay — display objects overlaid upon one another

AttachCell — attach a floating cell to a part of the notebook or window

Tooltip   ▪ Mouseover   ▪ ProgressIndicator   ▪ ...

View Selectors »

TabView — select using tabs with any labels

OpenerView   ▪ MenuView   ▪ PaneSelector   ▪ ...

Options

ImageSize   ▪ ImageMargins   ▪ FrameMargins

Appearance — detailed appearance of controls

Enabled — whether a control is enabled, or grayed out

BaselinePosition — how to align objects with surrounding text

Deploy — deploy an interface so only its controls can be changed