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Mathematica 8 (2010)

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Virtual Book > Dynamic Interactivity > Custom Interface Construction >

MATHEMATICA OVERVIEW

Custom Interface Construction

Introduction to Manipulate

Advanced Manipulate Functionality

Buttons

Other Controls

Sliders

Animator, Trigger, and ProgressIndicator

Slider2D and ColorSlider

Checkbox and Other Toggling Controls

RadioButton and Other Setting Controls

PopupMenu and ActionMenu

InputField

OpenerView

TabView

MenuView

SlideView

PopupView

FlipView

Controlling the Currently Displayed Pane

Controlling whether a View Changes Size

Dynamic Content in Views

Views versus Controls

FlipView versus PaneSelector versus Toggler

How to Create Inline Controls

Complex Templates in Input Expressions

Advanced Topic: Dealing with Premature Evaluation in Templates

Graphics as Input

Ruler

Docked Cells

Word Processing Toolbar

Decorative Toolbar

Defining Toolbars in a Stylesheet

Dialog Buttons

Dialog Notebooks

Blocking Dialogs

System Dialogs

Input Dialog

InputString Dialog

Progress Dialog

Save Dialog

Find Dialog

Memory Usage Dialog

Generating a Palette Programmatically

Generating a Palette from a Selection

Finalizing and Saving the Palette

Installing the Palette into Mathematica

Dependent Opener Views

Applying and Evaluating Functions

Dynamic Variables

TaggingRules

Custom Interface Construction

Control Objects

Generalized Input

Characters for User Interfaces & Documentation

Low-Level Notebook Programming

Gamepad and Device Interface

Document Generation

Notebook Formatting & Styling

Notebook & Interface Customization

GUIKit

J/Link

Executing Notebook Commands Directly in the Front End

Front End Tokens