is a symbol that can appear at a particular position in a Grid or related construct to indicate that the corresponding position is occupied by a spanning element that appears above and to its left.
SpanFromBoth
is a symbol that can appear at a particular position in a Grid or related construct to indicate that the corresponding position is occupied by a spanning element that appears above and to its left.
Details
- {{e,SpanFromLeft ,SpanFromLeft ,…},{SpanFromAbove ,SpanFromBoth,SpanFromBoth,…},…} can be used to indicate that an element spans both multiple rows and multiple columns.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Span throughout a 2×2 block:
Set a red background throughout the spanned region:
Scope (2)
Graphics will default to filling the available space:
An explicit ImageSize setting will prevent this behavior:
Possible Issues (1)
To span across both rows and columns requires appropriate use of SpanFromBoth :
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Put Graphics in a Grid ▪
- Make a Grid of Output Data
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromBoth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "SpanFromBoth." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). SpanFromBoth. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_spanfromboth, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpanFromBoth}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_spanfromboth, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpanFromBoth}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}