is an option for Manipulate and related functions that specifies what type of controls should be displayed.
ControlType
is an option for Manipulate and related functions that specifies what type of controls should be displayed.
Details
- Possible control types are Animator , Checkbox , ColorSetter , ColorSlider , InputField , IntervalSlider , Manipulator , PopupMenu , RadioButton or RadioButtonBar , Setter or SetterBar , Slider , Slider2D , Trigger , and VerticalSlider . None can also be used.
- ControlType->None specifies that no controls should explicitly be displayed.
- ControlType->{type1, …} specifies that the i^(th) control should be of type typei.
- A ControlType option can be specified separately for each variable in a Manipulate .
- Arbitrary controls can be set up in Manipulate by giving control specifications of the form {u,func}.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Default Manipulate control:
Override with a Slider2D :
Default ControllerManipulate control:
Add a Slider linked to the same variable:
Specify types for multiple controls:
Scope (10)
By default Manipulate chooses a Manipulator to control the specified variable:
Use ControlType to specify the type of control to use, including None :
Slider and VerticalSlider :
RadioButton , Setter , Checkbox , or PopupMenu :
ColorSetter and ColorSlider :
Specify the control type for each Manipulate variable separately:
ControlType can be combined with individual variable control specifications:
In the Automatic setting, an appropriate controller is selected:
See Also
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ControlType, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlType.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ControlType." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlType.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ControlType. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlType.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_controltype, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ControlType}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlType.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_controltype, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ControlType}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlType.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}