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CreatePalette[expr]

creates a palette notebook containing expr, and opens it in the front end.

CreatePalette[{expr1,expr2,…}]

creates and opens a palette notebook consisting of a sequence of cells containing the expri.

CreatePalette[expr,obj]

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

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CreatePalette

CreatePalette[expr]

creates a palette notebook containing expr, and opens it in the front end.

CreatePalette[{expr1,expr2,…}]

creates and opens a palette notebook consisting of a sequence of cells containing the expri.

CreatePalette[expr,obj]

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a palette:

Scope  (4)

Create a palette with a column of buttons:

Make a palette for applying a square root sign to the selection:

Make a palette for listing files in the current directory:

Create a palette window with text and graphics:

Options  (5)

WindowElements  (1)

Make a scrolling palette:

WindowFloating  (1)

Set to False to make a palette that can be covered up by other windows:

WindowMargins  (1)

Set to Automatic to position a palette in the center of your screen:

WindowSize  (1)

Set the height of a palette to a fixed value while letting the width fit the contents:

WindowTitle  (1)

Set the title bar text for a palette:

Applications  (1)

Make a palette to change selected text to upper or lower case:

Wolfram Research (2007), CreatePalette, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), CreatePalette, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "CreatePalette." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). CreatePalette. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_createpalette, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CreatePalette}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html}", note=[Accessed: 09-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_createpalette, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CreatePalette}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreatePalette.html}, note=[Accessed: 09-August-2025]}
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