BoxIDs, Selections and Notebook Programming in the Mathematica Front End

Explore advanced techniques for manipulating selections and programming notebooks in Wolfram Mathematica's FrontEnd. Delve into documented and historical methods for querying and modifying current selections, as well as interacting with, reading, writing, and altering notebook components. Gain insights into internal structures used at Wolfram Research for advanced selection control, focusing on BoxIDs, dynamic capabilities, and location-specific functions like EvaluationBox and ParentBox. Learn essential skills for Mathematica developers to create sophisticated, interactive FrontEnd interfaces. Discover existing methods for locating structures such as CellTags, CellIDs, and UUIDs, along with conventional movement-based notebook programming. Examine standard applications of BoxIDs and Dynamic Locations in this comprehensive 33-minute presentation from Wolfram.