is an option that specifies the style and display of OverscriptBox constructs.
 
     
   OverscriptBoxOptions
is an option that specifies the style and display of OverscriptBox constructs.
Details
 
   - The typical usage is OverscriptBoxOptions->{opt1->val1,opt2->val2,…}.
- The following options may be specified:
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      BaseStyle {} base style specifications DiacriticalPositioning Automatic proximity of diacritical characters to base LimitsPositioning Automatic positioning of overscripts as a limit MultilineFunction Automatic content handling for long OverscriptBox objects 
- An OverscriptBox object can be created using  or or . .
See Also
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), OverscriptBoxOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverscriptBoxOptions.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "OverscriptBoxOptions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverscriptBoxOptions.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). OverscriptBoxOptions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverscriptBoxOptions.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_overscriptboxoptions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{OverscriptBoxOptions}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverscriptBoxOptions.html}", note=[Accessed: 31-October-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_overscriptboxoptions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={OverscriptBoxOptions}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverscriptBoxOptions.html}, note=[Accessed: 31-October-2025]}