InheritScope
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InheritScope
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is an option for DynamicModule that specifies whether to attempt to bind variables referenced in the DynamicModule to a parent DynamicModule instance.
Details
- With the setting InheritScope->True, the DynamicModule is connected to a parent DynamicModule that may be in a different cell or notebook, for the purpose of resolving DynamicModule variables.
- With the setting InheritScope->False, a DynamicModule will continue to inherit variable settings from a parent instance that wraps the DynamicModule instance onscreen.
- InheritScope affects the behavior of a DynamicModule output that has been displayed in a notebook. It has no effect on a DynamicModule that is suppressed from being displayed.
- InheritScope only affects evaluations triggered from within the displayed form of another DynamicModule. Such evaluations might be triggered by Dynamic or by operating a control such as Button or ActionMenu.
- If there is no parent DynamicModule, or if the evaluation was triggered by a
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evaluation, then the setting of InheritScope has no effect. - The connection between DynamicModule instances established by setting InheritScope->True is sometimes referred to as a "DynamicModule wormhole".
Examples
Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases
Create a dialog box with a DynamicModule that inherits variables from a parent DynamicModule:
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Wolfram Research (2014), InheritScope, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), InheritScope, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.Text
Wolfram Research (2014), InheritScope, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), InheritScope, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "InheritScope." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.
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Wolfram Language. 2014. "InheritScope." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html.APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). InheritScope. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html
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Wolfram Language. (2014). InheritScope. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.htmlBibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_inheritscope, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InheritScope}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025
]}BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_inheritscope, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InheritScope}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InheritScope.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025
]}