Insert Name, Value, or Definition of an Object into the Input Bar

Insert the name of an object: Activate tool mode_move_16 Move and select the object whose name you want to insert into the Input Bar. Then, press the F5 key on your keyboard.

Note: The name of the object is appended to any expression you typed into the Input Bar  before pressing the F5 key.

 

Insert the value of an object: There are two ways of inserting an object’s value (e. g., (1, 3), 3x – 5y = 12) into the Input Bar.

·        Right click (Mac OS: Ctrl-click) on the object and select item edit.png Copy to Input Bar from the appearing Context Menu.

·        Activate tool mode_move_16 Move and select the object whose value you want to insert into the Input Bar. Then, press the F4 key on your keyboard.
Note: The value of the object is appended to any expression you typed into the Input Bar before pressing the F4 key.

 

Insert the definition of an object: There are two ways of inserting an object’s definition (e. g., A = (4, 2), c = Circle[A, B]) into the Input Bar.

·        Alt click on the object to insert the object’s definition and delete whatever input might have been in the Input Bar before.

·        Activate tool mode_move_16 Move and select the object whose definition you want to insert into the Input Bar. Then, press the F3 key on your keyboard.
Note: The definition of the object replaces any expression you typed into the Input Bar before pressing the F3 key.


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