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PlotLayout

is an option for plotting functions that specifies the layout of multiple components in a plot.

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PlotLayout

PlotLayout

is an option for plotting functions that specifies the layout of multiple components in a plot.

Details

  • PlotLayout determines how visual elements are placed relative to each other.
  • Common settings for PlotLayout include:
  • "Overlaid"allow the elements to overlap
    "Stacked"accumulate the values across elements
    "Percentile"accumulate and normalize the values across elements
  • Possible settings for PlotLayout that spread the plot elements across multiple plot panels include:
  • "Column"use a column of panels
    "Row"use a row of panels
    {"Column",k},{"Row",k}use k columns or rows
    {"Column",UpTo[k]},{"Row",UpTo[k]}use at most k columns or rows
  • Visualization functions for specialized domains may have alternative settings.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (5)

By default, ListLinePlot plots each curve independently:

Wolfram Language code: ListLinePlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}]

Stack the curves so that the second curve is the total of the first and second sets:

Wolfram Language code: ListLinePlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Stacked"]

Plot curves using a percentile layout:

Wolfram Language code: ListLinePlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Percentile"]

Plot the curves in a row:

Wolfram Language code: ListLinePlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Row"]

Plot the curves in a column:

Wolfram Language code: ListLinePlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Column"]

Scope  (8)

Use a stacked layout for point data:

Wolfram Language code: ListPlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Stacked", Filling -> Bottom]

Use a stacked layout for piecewise-constant data:

Wolfram Language code: ListStepPlot[{{1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 9, 7}, {5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 5}}, PlotLayout -> "Stacked"]

Show multiple density plots in a row:

Wolfram Language code: DensityPlot[{Sin[x]Cos[y], Sin[y]Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 10}, {y, 0, 10}, PlotLayout -> "Row"]

Use multiple columns or rows:

Wolfram Language code: Plot[{BesselJ[0, x], BesselJ[1, x], BesselJ[2, x], BesselJ[3, x], BesselJ[4, x], BesselJ[5, x]}, {x, 0, 20}, PlotLayout -> {"Column", 3}, PlotLabels -> "Expressions"]
Wolfram Language code: Plot[{BesselJ[0, x], BesselJ[1, x], BesselJ[2, x], BesselJ[3, x], BesselJ[4, x], BesselJ[5, x]}, {x, 0, 20}, PlotLayout -> {"Row", 2}, PlotLabels -> "Expressions"]

Specify the layout of plots of a list of audio objects:

Wolfram Language code: list = {ExampleData[{"Audio", "Scream"}], ExampleData[{"Audio", "ChurchBell"}]};
Wolfram Language code: AudioPlot[list, PlotLayout -> "Vertical"]
Wolfram Language code: AudioPlot[list, PlotLayout -> "Overlaid"]

Plot against a common horizontal axis:

Wolfram Language code: dwd = StationaryWaveletTransform[Sin[Range[30]^2 / 50], Automatic, 3]
Wolfram Language code: WaveletListPlot[dwd, PlotLayout -> "CommonXAxis"]

Plot against a common vertical axis:

Wolfram Language code: WaveletListPlot[dwd, PlotLayout -> "CommonYAxis"]

Show wavelet image coefficients arranged in a pyramid layout:

Wolfram Language code: dwd = DiscreteWaveletTransform[[image], SymletWavelet[3], 3];
Wolfram Language code: WaveletImagePlot[dwd, PlotLayout -> "Pyramid"]

Plot wavelet image coefficients in a grid layout:

Wolfram Language code: WaveletImagePlot[dwd, PlotLayout -> "Grid"]

Place the magnitude plot vertically above the phase plot:

Wolfram Language code: tfm = TransferFunctionModel[{{{-5 + s}}, s*(1 + 3*s + s^2)}, s];
Wolfram Language code: BodePlot[tfm, PlotLabel -> {"Magnitude Plot", "Phase Plot"}, PlotLayout -> "VerticalGrid"]

Obtain the result in a list:

Wolfram Language code: BodePlot[tfm, PlotLayout -> "List", PlotLabel -> {"Magnitude Plot", "Phase Plot"}]

Only the magnitude plot:

Wolfram Language code: BodePlot[tfm, PlotLayout -> "Magnitude", PlotLabel -> "Magnitude Plot"]

Only the phase plot:

Wolfram Language code: BodePlot[tfm, PlotLayout -> "Phase", PlotLabel -> "Phase Plot"]
Wolfram Research (2010), PlotLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html (updated 2017).

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), PlotLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html (updated 2017).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "PlotLayout." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2017. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). PlotLayout. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_plotlayout, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PlotLayout}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_plotlayout, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PlotLayout}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLayout.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}