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Can Manipulate controls have the option Appearance -> "Labeled" by default?


I was wondering if there's a way to tell Mathematica to use the option Appearance -> "Labeled" for all Manipulate commands by default. I use this option quite often and it would be very convenient if I could set it to be the default behaviour



Answer




I was hesitating but it seems some people find this information useful.


SetOptions[Manipulator, Appearance -> "Labeled"];
Manipulate[{a, b, c},
           {a, 1, 10}, {b, 1, 10}, {c, 1, 10}]

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But, still, I do not consider it the full answer. Like it is stated, it affects only Manipulator, the default control used by Manipulate for domains that are suited for slider-like controls.


Unfortunatelly, undesired behaviour appears in case of other controls. Of course not each has Appearance option, but even though Slider do, something strange happens:


SetOptions[Slider, Appearance -> "Labeled"];
Manipulate[{a, b, c},

           {a, 1, 10},
           {b, 1, 10}, 
           {c, 1, 10, Slider, Appearance -> "Labeled"}, 
           ControlType -> Slider]

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I guess it's not something we can easily win with in general :) How can I work with SetOptions


but in this case, thanks to ybeltukov, one can use


 Manipulate[{a, b, c},
           {a, 1, 10},

           {b, 1, 10}, 
           {c, 1, 10}, 
           ControlType -> LabeledSlider]


I think that sometimes Slider is better than Manipulator, the latter gives too much control for the users of applications so the may break something :P. Quick fix that works with the method I've shown is:


SetOptions[Manipulator, Appearance -> "Labeled", AppearanceElements -> None]

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