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TextGrid

TextGrid

TextGrid[{{expr₁₁,expr₁₂,…},{expr₂₁,expr₂₂,…},…}]

is an object that formats expr_ij textually and arranged in a two-dimensional grid.

Details and Options

In a notebook, you can modify the two-dimensional layout resulting from TextGrid by using to add columns and to add rows. All new columns and rows will use textual formatting.
You can use to move to the next placeholder in a TextGrid. moves out of the whole TextGrid.
TextGrid[…] formats as a grid in StandardForm and TraditionalForm.
In InputForm, TextGrid[…] formats literally as TextGrid[…].
Normal[grid] extracts the list of lists that make up a grid.
The expr_ij can be expressions of any kind. If the expression is a string or a TextCell, it will format textually. If the expression is a Row, then it will format the strings or TextCell elements of the Row textually.
Style["string","style"] can be used to specify a particular style for a string.
The list_i in TextGrid[{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, TextGrid[{{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,…},…}.
In a notebook, you can combine selected elements in a grid to make a single spanning element using the Make Spanning menu item.
TextGrid has the same options as Grid.
The settings for BaseStyle are appended to the default style typically given by the "TextGrid" style in the current stylesheet.

List of all options

Examples

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Basic Examples (2)

Display elements in a grid:

Put a frame around every element:

Scope (4)

Elements in Grids (4)

TextGrid can contain strings and TextCell expressions:

TextGrid can include styled text by using TextCell with Row and Style:

TextGrid can contain graphics or any other expressions:

TextGrid can contain active controls:

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