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 to its left.
SpanFromLeft
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 to its left.
Details
- If SpanFromLeft appears at several successive positions in a row, it indicates spanning across all these positions.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
Make the element 4 span the column to its right:
Make it span two columns:
Span across the remaining width of the grid:
Spanning in a GraphicsGrid :
Scope (3)
Spanned elements inherit their styles:
Graphics will default to filling the available space:
An explicit ImageSize setting will prevent this behavior:
Possible Issues (2)
Spanning regions must be rectangular in shape:
Use SpanFromBoth when spanning across both columns and rows:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Put Graphics in a Grid ▪
- Make a Grid of Output Data
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromLeft, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromLeft.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "SpanFromLeft." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromLeft.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). SpanFromLeft. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromLeft.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_spanfromleft, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpanFromLeft}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromLeft.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_spanfromleft, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpanFromLeft}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromLeft.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}