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CellFrame

is an option for Cell that specifies whether a frame should be drawn around a cell.

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CellFrame

CellFrame

is an option for Cell that specifies whether a frame should be drawn around a cell.

Details

  • The option is specified as the thickness of the frame in points. A value of 0 indicates no frame.
  • Possible settings are:
  • distthe specification of the frame on all sides
    {{left,right},{bottom,top}}different specifications for the frame on each side
  • The space left between the frame and the cell contents is determined by CellFrameMargins. The color of the frame is determined by CellFrameColor.
  • Dingbats go outside the frame.
  • None, False or 0 are equivalent values that prevent the frame from drawing. True is equivalent to a value of 0.5.
  • The frame can be modified interactively using the default toolbar available in Window ▶ Toolbar.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Specify a default cell frame:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[TextCell[StringJoin[Table["abcd ", {20}]], "Text", CellFrame -> True, CellMargins -> {{200, 200}, {10, 10}}]]

Specify a 5-point-thick cell frame:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[Range[50], "Print", CellFrame -> 5]]

Scope  (7)

Specification  (4)

Use True or False to simply add or remove a default cell frame:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> True]]

Specify a thickness for a frame in points:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> 3]]

Specify different thicknesses for different edges:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> {{1, 3}, {5, 7}}]]

Suppress the frame on one or more sides by using a thickness of 0:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> {{0, 0}, {3, 3}}]]

Usage  (3)

Cell frames work on top-level cells such as those generated by CellPrint:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{a, b, c}, "Print", CellFrame -> True]]

The placement of the vertical portions of the frame are guided by CellMargins in this case:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[{a, b, c}, "Print", CellFrame -> True, CellMargins -> {{200, 300}, {5, 5}}]]

Cell frames work on inline cells such as those created by evaluating ExpressionCell or TextCell:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{a, b, c}, CellFrame -> True]
Wolfram Language code: TextCell["1 2 3", CellFrame -> True]

The placement of the frame around inline cells is controlled by the content size and CellFrameMargins:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[1, CellFrame -> True, CellFrameMargins -> 30]

Cell frames can be nested by nesting inline cells:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, ExpressionCell[2, CellFrame -> True], 3}, CellFrame -> True]

A cell frame setting on an outer cell will not apply to an inner cell:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, ExpressionCell[2], 3}, CellFrame -> True]

Properties & Relations  (4)

Cell frame color is specified with the CellFrameColor option:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> True, CellFrameColor -> StandardOrange]

The margins inside of a cell frame are specified with CellFrameMargins:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> True, CellFrameMargins -> 20]

The cell frame defines the boundary for drawing a cell's background color:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> 3, CellFrameMargins -> {{20, 20}, {5, 5}}, Background -> StandardGreen]

Specify rounded corners with CellFrameRoundingRadius:

Wolfram Language code: ExpressionCell[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, "Print", CellFrame -> True, CellFrameRoundingRadius -> 5]
Wolfram Research (1996), CellFrame, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html (updated 2025).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), CellFrame, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html (updated 2025).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "CellFrame." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2025. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). CellFrame. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_cellframe, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CellFrame}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_cellframe, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CellFrame}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellFrame.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}