is a symbol that represents the baseline for purposes of alignment and positioning.
Baseline
is a symbol that represents the baseline for purposes of alignment and positioning.
Examples
Basic Examples (3)
Align the contents of a grid by their baseline:
Grid[{{a, Sqrt[x], b, (x/y), c}}, Alignment -> {Automatic, Baseline}, Frame -> {True, All}]Align the baseline of the second row of a grid with the baseline of the surrounding text:
{x, Grid[{{a, b}, {c, d}}, BaselinePosition -> {2, Baseline}, Frame -> All], y}Align the baseline of text with the center of the enclosing graphic:
Graphics[{Text["ABCDEF", Automatic, {Automatic, Baseline}], Circle[]}, Axes -> True, Ticks -> None]History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), Baseline, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "Baseline." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). Baseline. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_baseline, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Baseline}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_baseline, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Baseline}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}