SelectionCreateCell [notebook]
copies the contents of the current selection in a notebook into a new cell.
SelectionCreateCell [notebook,sel]
sets the current selection after the copy to be as specified by sel.
SelectionCreateCell
SelectionCreateCell [notebook]
copies the contents of the current selection in a notebook into a new cell.
SelectionCreateCell [notebook,sel]
sets the current selection after the copy to be as specified by sel.
Details
- The first argument of SelectionCreateCell is a NotebookObject .
- If the current selection is a cell group, then SelectionCreateCell will create a new cell group.
- Possible settings for sel are as in NotebookWrite .
- The default for sel is After .
- SelectionCreateCell [notebook,All ] sets the current selection to be the whole of the newly created cell.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Select a cell and create a copy beneath it:
Select a cell, create a copy, and leave the new cell contents selected:
Applications (1)
Create many copies of a single cell:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Apply a Function to Cells in a Notebook
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionCreateCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionCreateCell.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "SelectionCreateCell." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionCreateCell.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). SelectionCreateCell. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionCreateCell.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_selectioncreatecell, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SelectionCreateCell}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionCreateCell.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_selectioncreatecell, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SelectionCreateCell}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionCreateCell.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}