<section role="NotInToc" id="rich_layoutPanel">
   <title>
				&lt;
				rich:layoutPanel
				&gt;
				<emphasis role="since">
         <superscript> available since <emphasis role="version">3.3.1</emphasis>
         </superscript>
      </emphasis>
   </title>
   <section>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>The <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:layouPanel&gt;</property>
        </emphasis> is an auxiliary component used to create layout areas within the
            <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:layout&gt;</property>
         </emphasis> container.
        </para>
        
    </section>
   <section>
        <title>Key Features</title> 
        <itemizedlist>
            
            <listitem>
            <para>Cross-browser compatibility</para>
         </listitem>
            <listitem>
            <para>Provides possibility of an easy layout creation</para>
         </listitem>
         
        </itemizedlist>  
    </section>
   <section>
        <title>Details of Usage</title>
        <para>The <emphasis role="bold">
                <property>&lt;rich:layoutPanel&gt;</property>
        </emphasis> component is  used to split the area inside the <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:layout&gt;</property>
         </emphasis> into  up to 5 parts: top, left, center, right, bottom.
            
        </para>
        <para>The <emphasis>
            <property>"position"</property>
         </emphasis> attribute defines the position of the <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:layoutPanel&gt;</property>
         </emphasis> in the area created with <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:layout&gt;</property>
         </emphasis> .</para>
      <programlisting role="XML"><![CDATA[...
<rich:layout>
		<rich:layoutPanel position="top">
				<!--top-->
		</rich:layoutPanel>
		<rich:layoutPanel position="left">
				<!--left-->
		</rich:layoutPanel>
		<rich:layoutPanel position="center">
				<!--center-->
		</rich:layoutPanel>
		<rich:layoutPanel position="right">
				<!--right-->
		</rich:layoutPanel>
		<rich:layoutPanel position="bottom">
				<!--bottom-->
		</rich:layoutPanel>
</rich:layout>
...]]></programlisting>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
      <para>You can specify the width of the layout area with the <emphasis>
            <property>"width"</property>
         </emphasis>attribute.</para>
        
        
    </section>
   <section>
      <title>Reference Data</title>
      <para>
         <ulink url="&tlddoc;rich/layoutPanel.html">Table of 
							&lt;rich:layoutPanel&gt; 
							 attributes</ulink>.
						</para>
      <table>
        <title>Component Identification Parameters</title>
        <tgroup cols="2">
            <thead>
                <row>
                    <entry>Name</entry>
                    <entry>Value</entry>
                </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <row>
                    <entry>component-type</entry>
                    <entry>org.richfaces.LayoutPanel</entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                    <entry>component-class</entry>
                    <entry>org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlLayoutPanel</entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                    <entry>component-family</entry>
                    <entry>org.richfaces.LayoutPanel</entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                    <entry>renderer-type</entry>
                    <entry>org.richfaces.LayoutPanelRenderer</entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                    <entry>tag-class</entry>
                    <entry>org.richfaces.taglib.LayoutPanelTag</entry>
                </row>
                
            </tbody>
           
        </tgroup>
       
        
      </table>
   </section>
   <section>
        <title>Relevant Resources Links</title>
        <para>
         <ulink url="http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/layouts.jsf">On RichFaces Live Demo page </ulink> you can see an example of <emphasis role="bold">
                <property>&lt;rich:layoutPanel&gt;</property>
                </emphasis> usage and sources for the given example. </para>
        <para>See also the <link linkend="rich_layout">
            <emphasis role="bold">
               <property>&lt;rich:layout&gt;</property>
            </emphasis>
         </link> chapter of the guide.</para>
        <para>The <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13336">Layout components for RichFaces 3.3.1</ulink> on  the JBoss.org Wiki.</para>
    </section>
</section>