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Pane
  • See Also
    • Inset
    • Panel
    • Item
    • Framed
    • InputField
    • Style
    • Highlighted
    • PaneSelector
    • LocatorPane
    • ClickPane
    • TextAlignment
    • ImageSize
    • ImageFormattingWidth
    • ContentSize
    • ItemSize
    • EmbeddedHTML
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    • Options & Styling for Interactive Manipulation
    • Graph Visualization
    • Graph Styling, Labeling, and Layout
    • See Also
      • Inset
      • Panel
      • Item
      • Framed
      • InputField
      • Style
      • Highlighted
      • PaneSelector
      • LocatorPane
      • ClickPane
      • TextAlignment
      • ImageSize
      • ImageFormattingWidth
      • ContentSize
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      • EmbeddedHTML
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Pane[expr]

displays as a pane containing expr.

Pane[expr,w]

makes the pane be w printer's points wide, linewrapping the contents if necessary.

Pane[expr,{w,h}]

makes the pane be w points wide and h points high, shrinking the contents if necessary.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
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Scope  
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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • Inset
    • Panel
    • Item
    • Framed
    • InputField
    • Style
    • Highlighted
    • PaneSelector
    • LocatorPane
    • ClickPane
    • TextAlignment
    • ImageSize
    • ImageFormattingWidth
    • ContentSize
    • ItemSize
    • EmbeddedHTML
  • Related Guides
    • Options & Styling for Interactive Manipulation
    • Graph Visualization
    • Graph Styling, Labeling, and Layout
    • See Also
      • Inset
      • Panel
      • Item
      • Framed
      • InputField
      • Style
      • Highlighted
      • PaneSelector
      • LocatorPane
      • ClickPane
      • TextAlignment
      • ImageSize
      • ImageFormattingWidth
      • ContentSize
      • ItemSize
      • EmbeddedHTML
    • Related Guides
      • Options & Styling for Interactive Manipulation
      • Graph Visualization
      • Graph Styling, Labeling, and Layout

Pane

Pane[expr]

displays as a pane containing expr.

Pane[expr,w]

makes the pane be w printer's points wide, linewrapping the contents if necessary.

Pane[expr,{w,h}]

makes the pane be w points wide and h points high, shrinking the contents if necessary.

Details and Options

  • The following options can be given:
  • Alignment {Automatic,Automatic}how to align objects in the display area
    AppearanceElements Automaticelements to include in the displayed pane
    BaselinePosition Automaticwhat to align with a surrounding text baseline
    BaseStyle{}base style specifications for the pane
    ContentPaddingTruewhether to shrink the margins tightly around the contents
    FrameMarginsAutomaticmargins inside the frame of the pane
    ImageMargins 0margins to add outside the display area
    ImageSize Automaticthe overall image size of the displayed pane
    ImageSizeAction Automaticwhat to do if the content size does not match the image size
    Scrollbars Falsewhether to include scrollbars
    ScrollPosition {0,0}scroll position if scrolling is enabled
  • With a typical default stylesheet, Pane[expr] with no additional options displays exactly like expr.
  • Pane[expr,w] is equivalent to Pane[expr,ImageSize->w,ImageSizeAction->"Clip"].
  • Pane[expr,{w,h}] is equivalent to Pane[expr,ImageSize->{w,h},ImageSizeAction->"Clip"].
  • Pane[expr,{w,h},Scrollbars->Automatic] effectively uses ImageSizeAction->"Clip".
  • If w or h is specified as an UpTo expression, then the value is treated as the maximum width or height. Pane will use a smaller value if needed to trim whitespace around the contents.
  • The setting ImageSizeAction->"Scrollable" makes the contents of the pane scrollable if necessary.
  • Possible elements in AppearanceElements include "ResizeArea".
  • The settings for BaseStyle are appended to the default style typically given by the "Pane" style in the current stylesheet.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Wrap at a 200-point width:

Scope  (4)

Specify a width, accepting the default height:

Specify an exact width and height, adding space if necessary:

Specify an exact width and height. clipping if necessary:

Use UpTo to set the maximum dimension while allowing for smaller values:

Options  (15)

Alignment  (1)

Specify both vertical and horizontal alignment:

AppearanceElements  (2)

Specify resizable Pane by using AppearanceElements->{"ResizeArea"}:

Create resizable graphics using ImageSize->Full:

By default, Pane is resizable if Scrollbars->True:

Use AppearanceElements->None to disable resizing:

BaselinePosition  (1)

Align with surrounding text:

ImageMargins  (1)

Add margins evenly around the pane:

Specify different margins on each side:

ImageSize  (3)

ImageSize and the second argument have the same effect:

Specify the overall size of the pane:

Specify a maximum width and use the natural height of the contents:

ImageSizeAction  (3)

The default for ImageSizeAction is "Clip":

Use "ShrinkToFit" to fit all data in the pane:

Use "Scrollable" to allow scrolling on mouse drag:

Scrollbars  (3)

Create Pane with automatic scrollbars:

Create Pane with only vertical or horizontal scrollbar:

Disable resizing of Pane contents while allowing scrollbars:

ScrollPosition  (1)

Specify the initial position of the scrollbars (in pixels):

Applications  (1)

Force fixed width lines in a SlideView:

Properties & Relations  (1)

A Pane is treated as an unbroken rectangular region for purposes of line breaking:

See Also

Inset  Panel  Item  Framed  InputField  Style  Highlighted  PaneSelector  LocatorPane  ClickPane  TextAlignment  ImageSize  ImageFormattingWidth  ContentSize  ItemSize  EmbeddedHTML

Related Guides

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  • Options & Styling for Interactive Manipulation
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  • Graph Visualization
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  • Graph Styling, Labeling, and Layout

History

Introduced in 2007 (6.0) | Updated in 2008 (7.0) ▪ 2010 (8.0) ▪ 2019 (12.0)

Wolfram Research (2007), Pane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pane.html (updated 2019).

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), Pane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pane.html (updated 2019).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "Pane." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2019. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pane.html.

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_pane, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Pane}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pane.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_pane, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Pane}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pane.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

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