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Dotted

is a graphics directive specifying that lines that follow should be drawn dotted.

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Dotted

Dotted

is a graphics directive specifying that lines that follow should be drawn dotted.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Dotted lines:

Wolfram Language code: Graphics[{Dotted, Line[{{0, 0}, {2, 1}}]}]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[{Dotted, Line[{{0, 0, 0}, {2, 1, 1}}]}]

Dotted frame:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[Table[x, {4}, {7}], Frame -> All, FrameStyle -> Dotted]

Scope  (2)

Use EdgeForm to draw dotted edges:

Wolfram Language code: Graphics[{Pink, EdgeForm[Dotted], Rectangle[]}]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[{EdgeForm[Dotted], Cuboid[]}, Boxed -> False]

A plot with a dotted line:

Wolfram Language code: Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2Pi}, PlotStyle -> Dotted]

Properties & Relations  (3)

Dotted is equivalent to Dashing[{0,Small}]:

Wolfram Language code: Dotted

Dashing and AbsoluteDashing provide richer ways to specify dashing:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics[{Dashing[{r, 0.1 - r}], Line[{{0, 0}, {2, 1}}]}], {r, {0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.08}}]
Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics[{AbsoluteDashing[{d, 15 - d}], Line[{{0, 0}, {2, 1}}]}], {d, {2, 5, 8, 12}}]

Dotted is absolute dotting, independent of the image size:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics[{Dotted, Line[{{0, 0}, {2, 1}}]}, ImageSize -> s], {s, {50, 70, 100}}]
Wolfram Research (2007), Dotted, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dotted.html.

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_dotted, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Dotted}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dotted.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_dotted, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Dotted}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dotted.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}