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SetWidgetReference

SetWidgetReference[name,value]

registers a widget with string name in the widget registry for the current interface.

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GUIKit`
GUIKit`

SetWidgetReference

The functionality provided by GUIKit has been superseded by the interface construction and controls functions native to the built-in Wolfram Language.

SetWidgetReference[name,value]

registers a widget with string name in the widget registry for the current interface.

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  • To use SetWidgetReference, you first need to load GUIKit using Needs["GUIKit`"].
  • SetWidgetReference is used to define or replace an associated string name with a given widget within the widget registry of the current script or when used with a GUIObject.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Wolfram Language code: Needs["GUIKit`"]
Wolfram Language code: ref = GUIRun[ Widget["Panel", { Widget["Label", {"text" -> "Hello World!"}, Name -> "myLabel"] } ] ]

WidgetReference allows you to use a name to access the underlying object:

Wolfram Language code: obj = ref @ WidgetReference["myLabel"]

You can use this object to create a new reference to the widget:

Wolfram Language code: ref@SetWidgetReference["myLabel1", obj]

Now there are two names, and both reference the same widget:

Wolfram Language code: "WidgetNames" /. GUIInformation[ref]
Wolfram Research (2007), SetWidgetReference, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), SetWidgetReference, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "SetWidgetReference." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). SetWidgetReference. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_setwidgetreference, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SetWidgetReference}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_setwidgetreference, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SetWidgetReference}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/SetWidgetReference.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}