DynamicUpdating
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DynamicUpdating
is an option for displayed objects, cells and notebooks that specifies whether dynamic objects and option values in their contents will update.
Details

- DynamicUpdating can be set to True or False to unconditionally enable or disable updating of all dynamic objects within the scope of the option setting.
- The typical default setting of DynamicUpdating->Automatic will cause Dynamic objects to update according to the setting of the menu command Evaluation ▶ Dynamic Updating Enabled.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Ensure that dynamic objects always update:

https://wolfram.com/xid/05fq06idhi-y175de

Prevent dynamic objects from updating even a single time:

https://wolfram.com/xid/05fq06idhi-p13ynj

Control dynamic updating programmatically:

https://wolfram.com/xid/05fq06idhi-16e93a

Wolfram Research (2007), DynamicUpdating, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html.
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), DynamicUpdating, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html.
Wolfram Research (2007), DynamicUpdating, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "DynamicUpdating." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html.
Wolfram Language. 2007. "DynamicUpdating." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). DynamicUpdating. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html
Wolfram Language. (2007). DynamicUpdating. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_dynamicupdating, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DynamicUpdating}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-June-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_dynamicupdating, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DynamicUpdating}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DynamicUpdating.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-June-2025
]}