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GraphicsGrid[{{g₁₁, g₁₂, ...}, ...}]
generates a graphic in which the g_ij are laid out in a two-dimensional grid.

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If the g_ij are graphics with ImageSize->Automatic, GraphicsGrid will if possible resize them to make them fit into the grid as well as possible, while preserving their individual aspect ratios.

The output from GraphicsGrid can interactively be resized, or edited as a graphic.

The list_i in GraphicsGrid[{list₁, list₂, ...}] do not all need to be the same length; there will be empty space in the grid at the ends of shorter rows.

You can specify that an element e should span multiple positions in a grid using for example GraphicsGrid[{{e, SpanFromLeft, SpanFromLeft}, ...}].

The following specify that a particular position should be spanned:

	SpanFromLeft	span from left
	SpanFromAbove	span from above
	SpanFromBoth	span from both left and above

A particular element can span both multiple rows and multiple columns, by having a rectangular section of the array with the form {{e, SpanFromLeft, SpanFromLeft, ...}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, SpanFromBoth, ...}, ...}.

The following options can be given:

	Alignment	{Center,Center}	horizontal and vertical alignment of elements
	AspectRatio	Automatic	ratio of height to width for the whole grid
	Background	None	what background colors to use
	BaselinePosition	Automatic	what to align with the surrounding text baseline
	BaseStyle	{}	base style specifications for the grid
	Dividers	None	where to draw divider lines in the grid
	Frame	None	where to draw frames in the grid
	FrameStyle	Automatic	styles to use for frames
	ImageSize	Automatic	overall size of the whole graphics grid
	ItemAspectRatio	Automatic	ratio of height to width for each item
	Spacings	Scaled[0.1]	horizontal and vertical spacings

With AspectRatio->Automatic, the aspect ratio of the whole graphics grid will be chosen so as to best fit the individual objects in the grid.

Settings for the options Alignment, Background, and Frame can be given as follows to apply separately to different items:

	spec	apply spec to all items
	{spec_x}	apply spec_x at successive horizontal positions
	{spec_x,spec_y}	apply spec_k at successive horizontal and vertical positions
	${spec_(x),spec_(y),rules}$	also allow explicit rules for individual elements

The spec_k can have the following forms:

	{s₁,s₂,...,s_n}	use through ; then use defaults
	{{c}}	use in all cases
	{{c₁,c₂}}	alternate between and
	{{c₁,c₂,...}}	cycle through all
	{s,{c}}	use , then repeatedly use
	{s₁,{c},s_n}	use , then repeatedly use , but use at the end
	{s₁,s₂,...,{c₁, c₂, ... }, s_m, ... , s_n}	use the first sequence of at the beginning, then cyclically use the , then use the last sequence of at the end
	{s₁,s₂,...,{},s_m,...,s_n}	use the first sequence of at the beginning and the last sequence at the end
	{i₁->v₁,i₂->v₂,...}	specify what to use at positions
	{spec,rules}	use rules to override specifications in spec

With settings of the form ${s_1,s_2,…,{…},s_m,…,s_n}$ , if there are more specified than items across the grid, from the beginning are used for the first items, and ones from the end are used for the last items.

Settings such as Alignment, Background and Frame can effectively be specified for individual items in the grid using Item.

GraphicsGrid will not change the size of graphics or other objects that have explicit ImageSize settings, unless the GraphicsGrid itself is resized or given an overall ImageSize setting.

Common settings for Frame include:

	None	no frame
	True	frame around the whole grid
	All	frame around every item in the grid
	{All,False}	put a frame at every horizontal position (column lines)
	{False,All}	put a frame at every vertical position (row lines)

Settings for Dividers and Spacings can have the following forms:

	spec	apply spec to all gaps between items
	{spec_x,spec_y}	apply spec_i to successive horizontal and vertical gaps

The spec_i can have the same forms as for Alignment, Background and other item-oriented options.

For a grid with items in a particular direction, Dividers and Spacings can specify settings for the gaps between elements, starting before the first element, and ending after the last element.

The following settings can be used for BaselinePosition:

	Axis	axis of the middle row in the grid (default)
	Baseline	baseline of the middle row in the grid
	Bottom	bottom of the whole grid
	Center	halfway from top to bottom
	Top	top of the whole grid
	{{i,j},pos}	position pos in element

The settings for BaseStyle are appended to the default style typically given by the "GraphicsGrid" style in the current stylesheet.

Basic Examples (2)

Display elements in a graphics grid:

Put a frame around every element:

Applications (2)

Possible Issues (1)

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