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How to overwrite the display function of TemplateBox? For example, if I have: 

NotebookWrite[InputNotebook[], ToBoxes@Quantity[3, "Meters"]]

how do I overwrite the DisplayFunction to make the out put display differently, without changing the actual value of the output?

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Boxes are just like any other expression when they are evaluated by the kernel, so one way to achieve this is with replacement rules:

ToBoxes@Quantity[3, "Meters"] /. (DisplayFunction -> _) -> (DisplayFunction -> (RowBox@{#1, " метра"} &)) // RawBoxes

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  • $\begingroup$ This no longer works with TemplateBoxes. Now it's unclear how to change the specific DisplayFunction of some (possibly deep) style without modifying the stylesheet. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 12, 2024 at 17:52

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