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CreateWindow[]

creates an empty window in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr]

creates a window displaying the notebook expression expr, and opens it in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr,obj]

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

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CreateWindow

CreateWindow[]

creates an empty window in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr]

creates a window displaying the notebook expression expr, and opens it in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr,obj]

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

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Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Create a blank notebook window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[];

Create a notebook window with specified contents:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{a, b, c}]];

Replace the contents of an existing window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{1, 2}], nb];

Scope  (2)

Create a palette window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[PaletteNotebook[{"Square root", Button[Sqrt[π], p = N[Sqrt[π]]]}]];

Create a dialog window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DialogNotebook[{TextCell["Enter a name: "], InputField[Dynamic[nm], String], DefaultButton[DialogReturn[ret = nm]]}]];

Options  (5)

Background  (1)

Set a background color:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{a, b}], Background -> RGBColor[1, .9, .7]];

CellDingbat  (1)

Set a cell dingbat:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{a, b}], CellDingbat -> ""];

CellGrouping  (1)

Make a notebook with manually grouped cells:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{CellGroup[{a, b}], c}], CellGrouping -> Manual];

TextAlignment  (1)

Align contents on the right:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{a, b}], TextAlignment -> Right];

Visible  (1)

Create a notebook that is not visible:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateWindow[DocumentNotebook[{a, b}], Visible -> False];

Make the notebook appear:

Wolfram Language code: SetOptions[nb, Visible -> True]

Properties & Relations  (5)

DocumentNotebook creates an in-cell representation of a notebook document:

Wolfram Language code: DocumentNotebook[{x + y, 1 / x + 1 / y}]

CreateWindow puts the document into its own window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[%];

PaletteNotebook and DialogNotebook create representations of specialized notebooks:

Wolfram Language code: PaletteNotebook[{PasteButton[Grid[{{a, b}, {c, d}}]]}]
Wolfram Language code: DialogNotebook[{TextCell[Row[{"Your name:", InputField[]}]]}]

Use CreateWindow to put a palette or dialog expression into its own notebook window:

Wolfram Language code: CreateWindow[%];

CreateDocument is essentially a combination of DocumentNotebook and CreateWindow:

Wolfram Language code: CreateDocument[{x + y, 1 / x + 1 / y}];

CreatePalette acts like a combination of PaletteNotebook and CreateWindow:

Wolfram Language code: CreatePalette[{"Square root", Button[Sqrt[π], p = N[Sqrt[π]]]}];

CreateDialog acts like a combination of DialogNotebook and CreateWindow:

Wolfram Language code: CreateDialog[{"Click OK to close", DefaultButton[]}];
Wolfram Research (2007), CreateWindow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateWindow.html.

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_createwindow, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CreateWindow}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateWindow.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_createwindow, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CreateWindow}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateWindow.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}