Built-in Mathematica Symbol

Spacings

Spacings
is an option to Grid and related constructs which specifies the spacings to leave between successive objects.

For Grid, Column and Row, settings for Spacings are in units of the current font size.

For GraphicsGrid, GraphicsColumn and GraphicsRow, settings are in printer's points.

A setting of the form Scaled[s] gives spacing that is a fraction s of the size of an item.

A setting of the form Spacings->v specifies that the absolute space between items should be v, independent of the presence of frames or dividers. A setting of the form Offset[v] inserts space v beyond space taken by frames or dividers.

{spec_x,spec_y}

use the spec_i at successive x and y positions

For a grid with n items in a particular direction, Spacings can specify settings for spacings in the n+1 gaps between items, starting before the first item, and ending after the last item.

The outer edge of the grid is taken to be at the midpoint of the outermost spacing on every side.

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

Set the horizontal spacing between items:

Set the horizontal and vertical spacings: