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ShowAutoStyles

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is an option for Cell that specifies whether styles that are specified to be automatically used for various syntactic and other constructs should be shown.

Details

  • The default setting is ShowAutoStyles->True.
  • Details of automatic styles can be specified in the setting for AutoStyleOptions.
  • For example, unmatched delimiters such as brackets are by default shown in purple.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Create a raw box structure with an unmatched brace:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/01yltr92nee-2ywx1

Compare a cell that automatically highlights the unmatched brace with one that does not:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/01yltr92nee-lhtarr
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/01yltr92nee-bmc1i
In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/01yltr92nee-nuxlgk
Wolfram Research (1999), ShowAutoStyles, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.
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Wolfram Research (1999), ShowAutoStyles, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.

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Wolfram Research (1999), ShowAutoStyles, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.

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Wolfram Research (1999), ShowAutoStyles, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "ShowAutoStyles." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1999. "ShowAutoStyles." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). ShowAutoStyles. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html

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Wolfram Language. (1999). ShowAutoStyles. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_showautostyles, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowAutoStyles}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_showautostyles, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowAutoStyles}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_showautostyles, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowAutoStyles}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_showautostyles, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowAutoStyles}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowAutoStyles.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}