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OpenersNotesSection(Spacer1)Details

(RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->(RefLink[All, paclet:ref/All]) specifies that any expressions not explicitly recognized by (RefLink[TextString, paclet:ref/TextString]) should be elided.

(RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->(RefLink[Automatic, paclet:ref/Automatic]) specifies that expressions without obvious textual representations should be elided.

(RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->{(Subscript[head, 1]),(Subscript[head, 2]),…} specifies that expressions with the given heads should be elided, in addition to the heads elided by (RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->(RefLink[Automatic, paclet:ref/Automatic]).

(RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->(RefLink[None, paclet:ref/None]) indicates that no expressions should be elided.

OpenersPrimaryExamplesSection(Spacer1)Examples  (4)

OpenersExampleSection0(Spacer1)Basic Examples  (2)

(RefLink[TextString, paclet:ref/TextString]) by default elides any expressions without obvious textual representations:

TextString[Graphics[Disk[]]]

Use (RefLink[ElidedForms, paclet:ref/ElidedForms])->(RefLink[None, paclet:ref/None]) to elide nothing:

TextString[Graphics[Disk[]],ElidedForms->None]

Elide expressions of a specific type:

TextString[{f[x],g[x]},ElidedForms->f]

Elide all expressions:

TextString[{f[x],g[x]},ElidedForms->All]

OpenersExampleSection2(Spacer1)Applications  (1)

View a summarized version of the top-level structure of the current notebook:

TextString[NotebookGet[EvaluationNotebook[]],ElidedForms->Cell]

OpenersExampleSection3(Spacer1)Properties & Relations  (1)

Use a symbolic wrapper to elide expressions that match a certain pattern:

SeedRandom[1];
lists=RandomInteger[{1,100},#]&/@RandomInteger[{1,100},20];

TextString[lists/.l:{_Integer..}/;Length[l]>10:>long[l],ElidedForms->{long}]

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