Is feasible to draw a rectangle containing text as a subscript?

Question

I'm trying to make a rectangle containing text as a subscript, something like this

I tried this code

$x_{\square{i..j}}$

with MathJax and LaTeX

MathJax gives this

where the subscript i..j is not inside the square

while LaTeX gives this

where the square doesn't render at all.

How do I do it correctly?

PS: it doesn't have to be MathJax

Remember that mathjax is not on topic here as it never uses LaTeX. \square is just a symbol and so mathjax gives the proper output. That LaTeX does not render it is simply because you are ignoring compilation errors as \square is not defined by default, you'll need something like amssymb. — daleif, Jan 09 '23 at 10:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '23 at 12:40

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It is possible in MathJaX to use \fbox command to draw a rectangle containing text as a subscript.

Using this code directly x_{\fbox{i...j}} you will have

answered Jan 09 '23 at 12:40

Sebastiano

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Note that \fbox (like any \hbox) reverts to text mode. x_\fbox{$\scriptstyle i\dots j}$} will work in LaTeX. – John Kormylo Jan 09 '23 at 18:46
@JohnKormylo Hi! Certainly. The question here is MathJaX and not LaTeX. – Sebastiano Jan 09 '23 at 19:43
I tryed this $x_{\fbox{i...j}}$ in Latex. It works. – Raffaele Santoro Jan 09 '23 at 22:38
@RaffaeleSantoro Hi :-). It is sure that it works :-) – Sebastiano Jan 10 '23 at 09:53

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