Applet Parameters

The following parameters may be used within the applet tag.

name value description since
filename e.g. "circle.ggb" filename of construction file (ggb file) 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
type button if you use this parameter the applet will only show a button to open the GeoGebra application frame 2.5
framePossible true or false states if a double click on the drawing pad should open the GeoGebra application frame. This parameter is ignored if the type was set to "button", default: true 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
bgcolor e.g. "#FFFFFF" for white background color (as hex rgb string) of the applet. This parameter is only used if type "button" was set, default: white 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
borderColor e.g. "#FFFFFF" for white color of the border line drawn around the applet panel (as hex rgb string), default: gray 3.0 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
enableRightClick true or false states whether right clicks should be handled by the applet. Setting this parameter to "false" disables context menus, properties dialogs and right-click-zooming. Default: true
NB also enables/disables some keyboard shortcuts eg Delete and Ctrl-R (recompute all objects)
3.0 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
enableLabelDrags true or false states whether labels can be dragged. Default: true 3.2 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
enableShiftDragZoom true or false states whether the drawing pad should be moveable using Shift + mouse drag (or. Ctrl + mouse drag) or zoomable using Shift + mouse wheel (or Ctrl + mouse wheel). Setting this parameter to "false" disables moving and zooming of the drawing pad. Default: true 3.0 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
errorDialogsActive true or false states whether error dialogs will be shown if an invalid input is entered (using the Input Bar or JavaScript) Default: true 3.2 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
showMenuBar true or false states whether the menubar of GeoGebra should be shown in the applet, default: false 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
showToolBar true or false states whether the toolbar with the construction mode buttons should be shown in the applet, default: false 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
maxIconSize 16 to 32 maximum size of icons used in the toolbar in pixels, default: 32 3.2 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin (2009/12/06)
showToolBarHelp true or false states whether the toolbar help text right to the toolbar buttons should be shown in the applet 3.0 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
customToolBar e.g. "0 | 1 2 | 3 , 4 || 5 6 7" sets the toolbar according to a custom toolbar string where the int values are Toolbar Mode Values, "," adds a separator within a menu, "|" starts a new menu and "||" adds a separator in the toolbar before starting a new menu. Custom tools are numbered 1001, 1002, etc 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin (2009/12/06)
showAlgebraInput true or false states whether the algebra input line (with input field, greek letters and command list) should be shown in the applet 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
showResetIcon true or false states whether a small icon (GeoGebra ellipse) should be shown in the upper right corner of the applet. Clicking on this icon resets the applet (i.e. it reloads the file given in the filename parameter). 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
language iso language string

en ... English
fr ... French
it ... Italian
de ... German
es ... Spanish
sl ... Slovenian

zh ... Chinese
GeoGebra tries to set your local

language automatically (if it is available among the supported languages, of course). The default language for unsupported languages is English.
If you want to specify a certain language manually, please use this

parameter.
2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
country
iso country string

AT ... Austria

This parameter only makes sense if you use it together with the language parameter. 2.5 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin
ggbOnInitParam
eg "applet2" This parameter allows you to specify the argument passed to the JavaScript function ggbOnInit(), which is called once the applet is fully initialised. This is useful when you have multiple applets on a page.
(will have no effect in earlier versions)
3.2 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin (2009/12/06)
java_arguments
eg -Xmx256m This parameter allows you to specify more memory (in megabytes) for the GeoGebra applet
Works only in Java 6 update 10 or later
(will have no effect in earlier versions)
3.2 implemented by DokuWiki-Plugin (2009/12/06)