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.


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
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (2)
Spanned elements inherit their styles:
Graphics will default to filling the available space:
An explicit ImageSize setting will prevent this behavior:
Possible Issues (2)
Spanning regions must be rectangular in shape:
Use SpanFromBoth when spanning across both columns and rows:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Put Graphics in a Grid ▪
- Make a Grid of Output Data
History
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_2025_spanfromabove, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpanFromAbove}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_spanfromabove, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpanFromAbove}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromAbove.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}