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SpanFromAbove

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 it.

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SpanFromAbove

SpanFromAbove

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 it.

Details

  • If SpanFromAbove appears at the same position in several successive rows, it indicates spanning across all these rows.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Make the element 2 span the row below it:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, 2, 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Make it span two rows:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, 2, 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, SpanFromAbove, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Spanning in a GraphicsGrid:

Wolfram Language code: GraphicsGrid[{{1, 2, 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, SpanFromAbove, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Scope  (2)

Spanned elements inherit their styles:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, Item[2, Background -> Red], 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, SpanFromAbove, 9}}, Frame -> All]
Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, 2, 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, SpanFromAbove, 9}}, Frame -> All, Background -> {Automatic, Automatic, {1, 2} -> Red}]

Graphics will default to filling the available space:

Wolfram Language code: GraphicsGrid[{{Graphics[Rectangle[], AspectRatio -> 2], Graphics[Rectangle[]]}, {SpanFromAbove, Graphics[Rectangle[]]}}]

An explicit ImageSize setting will prevent this behavior:

Wolfram Language code: GraphicsGrid[{{Graphics[Rectangle[], AspectRatio -> 2, ImageSize -> {100, 100}], Graphics[Rectangle[], ImageSize -> {100, 100}]}, {SpanFromAbove, Graphics[Rectangle[], ImageSize -> {100, 100}]}}]

Possible Issues  (2)

Spanning regions must be rectangular in shape:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, SpanFromLeft, 3}, {4, SpanFromAbove, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Use SpanFromBoth when spanning across both columns and rows:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, SpanFromLeft, 3}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}, Frame -> All]
Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromAbove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromAbove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "SpanFromAbove." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). SpanFromAbove. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_spanfromabove, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpanFromAbove}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_spanfromabove, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpanFromAbove}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}