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FormBox

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FormBox[boxes,form]

is a low-level box construct which displays as boxes but specifies that rules associated with form should be used to interpret boxes on input.

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (4)Summary of the most common use cases

Create a cell with TraditionalForm style settings applied:

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Create a cell with StandardForm style settings applied:

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FormBox affects interpretation of its contents:

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TraditionalForm formatting uses FormBox:

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The formatted result looks like this:

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Wolfram Research (1996), FormBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.
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Wolfram Research (1996), FormBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), FormBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.

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Wolfram Research (1996), FormBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "FormBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1996. "FormBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). FormBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html

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Wolfram Language. (1996). FormBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_formbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FormBox}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_formbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FormBox}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_formbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FormBox}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_formbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FormBox}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FormBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}