BoxIDs, Selections and NotebookProgramming, in the FrontEnd

In this presentation I will talk about Selections and NotebookProgramming in the FE. I will review documented and historical ways we can query and manipulate the current selection and then interact, read, write, and change parts, fragments or all of notebooks. I will discuss the internal structures we here at Wolfram Research sometimes use for advanced control of Selections. These center around BoxIDs, dynamic capabilities, and various location-specific functions like EvaluationBox, ParentBox, etc. This functionality is an essential building block …

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