is a notebook option which specifies whether the notebook should be explicitly displayed on the screen.
Visible
is a notebook option which specifies whether the notebook should be explicitly displayed on the screen.
Details
- With Visible->False a notebook can still be manipulated from the kernel, but will not explicitly be displayed on the screen.
- CreateWindow [Visible->False ] creates a new invisible window.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Create a document that is not displayed:
You can carry out manipulations of the notebook even while it is invisible:
Make the notebook visible:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), Visible, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Visible.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "Visible." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Visible.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). Visible. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Visible.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_visible, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Visible}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Visible.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_visible, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Visible}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Visible.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-January-2026]}