matplotlib
diff --git a/‎doc/api/index.rst
+1 b/‎doc/api/index.rst
+1
diff --git a/‎doc/api/layout_engine_api.rst
+9 b/‎doc/api/layout_engine_api.rst
+9
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/_constrained_layout.py
+3-1 b/‎lib/matplotlib/_constrained_layout.py
+3-1
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+3-3 b/‎lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+3-3
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Alphabetical list of modules:
    fontconfig_pattern_api.rst
    gridspec_api.rst
    image_api.rst
+   layout_engine_api.rst
    legend_api.rst
    legend_handler_api.rst
    lines_api.rst
 
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+****************************
+``matplotlib.layout_engine``
+****************************
+
+.. currentmodule:: matplotlib.layout_engine
+
+.. automodule:: matplotlib.layout_engine
+   :members:
+   :inherited-members:
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from matplotlib import _api, artist as martist
+from matplotlib.backend_bases import _get_renderer
 import matplotlib.transforms as mtransforms
 import matplotlib._layoutgrid as mlayoutgrid
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 
 
 ######################################################
-def do_constrained_layout(fig, renderer, h_pad, w_pad,
+def do_constrained_layout(fig, h_pad, w_pad,
                           hspace=None, wspace=None):
     """
     Do the constrained_layout.  Called at draw time in
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ def do_constrained_layout(fig, renderer, h_pad, w_pad,
     layoutgrid : private debugging structure
     """
 
+    renderer = _get_renderer(fig)
     # make layoutgrid tree...
     layoutgrids = make_layoutgrids(fig, None)
     if not layoutgrids['hasgrids']:
 
@@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ def print_figure(
             if bbox_inches is None:
                 bbox_inches = rcParams['savefig.bbox']
 
-            if (self.figure.get_constrained_layout() or
+            if (self.figure.get_layout_engine() is not None or
                     bbox_inches == "tight"):
                 # we need to trigger a draw before printing to make sure
                 # CL works.  "tight" also needs a draw to get the right
@@ -2300,8 +2300,8 @@ def print_figure(
             else:
                 _bbox_inches_restore = None
 
-            # we have already done CL above, so turn it off:
-            stack.enter_context(self.figure._cm_set(constrained_layout=False))
+            # we have already done layout above, so turn it off:
+            stack.enter_context(self.figure._cm_set(layout_engine=None))
             try:
                 # _get_renderer may change the figure dpi (as vector formats
                 # force the figure dpi to 72), so we need to set it again here.