hi sieppl, can u tell me what do u mean by this
" you can specify a global container with maximum constraints for your page. " i didnt get u, i saw the examples but cant figure wht exactly u told me to do... this is my firstpage <f:view> <tc:loadBundle basename="messages" var="bundle"/> <tc:page label="#{bundle.pageTitle}" id="page" width="900px" > <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout border="1" rows="130px;*" marginLeft="80px" marginTop="30px"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout border="0" columns="1*;3*" rows="100px;2*" /> </f:facet> <tc:cell spanX="2"> <jsp:include page="header.jsp"/> </tc:cell> <tc:cell spanX="2" > <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout rows="20px;4*" border="0" /> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <jsp:include page="topNavigationBar.jsp"/> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout columns="230px;*" border="0"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout rows="50px;*"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell/> <tc:cell> <jsp:include page="searchAndBrowsePane.jsp"/> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout rows="30px;fixed" border="0"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell spanY="2"> <jsp:include page="userCartDetails.jsp"/> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:page> </f:view> searchAndBrowsePane.jsp includes <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/component" prefix="tc" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/extension" prefix="tx" %> <f:subview id="searchAndBrowserPane"> <f:verbatim> <tc:page> <tc:panel width="220px" > <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout rows="1*;1*;1*"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <tc:box label="Search Product" width="220px" height="50px"> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout columns="1*;40px"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <tc:in id="search" value="Search" width="160px"/> </tc:cell> <tc:cell> <tc:button label="Go" width="25px"/> </tc:cell> </tc:box> </tc:cell> <tc:cell/> <tc:cell> <jsp:include page="showCategories.jsp"/> </tc:cell> </tc:panel> </tc:page> </f:verbatim> </f:subview> showCategories.jsp includes <%@ taglib uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/component" prefix="tc" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/extension" prefix="tx" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %> <f:subview id="showCategories"> <tc:loadBundle basename="messages" var="bundle"/> <tc:panel width="220px"> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout/> </f:facet> <tc:box label="#{bundle.categoriesBoxTitle}" > <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout/> </f:facet> <tc:tree value="#{category.categoryTree}" state="#{category.categoryTreeState}" id="categoryTree" idReference="userObject.id" nameReference="userObject.name" showIcons="#{category.showIcons}" showJunctions="#{category.showJunctions}" showRootJunction="#{category.showRootJunction}" showRoot="#{category.showRoot}" selectable="#{category.treeSelectMode}" mutable="#{category.mutable}" actionListener="#{category.processAction}" > <f:actionListener type="com.resmed.store.frontend.controller.CategoryListener"/> </tc:tree> </tc:box> </tc:panel> </f:subview> userCartDetails.jsp this is the one in right hand side <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/component" prefix="tc" %> <f:subview id="userCartDetails"> <f:verbatim> <tc:panel> <tc:box label="Admin Cart Details"> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout rows="fixed;fixed;fixed" columns="2*;1*;1*" id="boxToolbarLayout"/> </f:facet> <f:facet name="toolBar"> <tc:toolBar> <tc:link id="viewCartContents" label="View Cart Contents" /> <tc:link image="images/cart2.gif"/> </tc:toolBar> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <f:facet name="layout"> <tc:gridLayout columns="1*;3*" rows="1*;1*" border="1"/> </f:facet> <tc:cell> <tc:out value="Display Some"/> </tc:cell> <tc:cell> <tc:out value="Contents that are to be shown to the Customer"/> </tc:cell> </tc:cell> </tc:box> </tc:panel> </f:verbatim> </f:subview> so when ever tree expands, the right hand side userCartDetails.jsp is moving downwards i need to align that column to top as we do in <d valign="top"/> thnx in advance Regards, Madan ----- Original Message ---- From: sieppl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@myfaces.apache.org Sent: Thursday, 25 January, 2007 5:29:10 AM Subject: Re: [Tobago] Help regarding <tc:gridLayout> you can specify a global container with maximum constraints for your page. (see the tobago example) Thus the right hand side does not expand when the left hand side does. madan chowdary-2 wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am displaying a few contents on my page using <tc:gridLayout>. > > I did such a way that, i need a left pane which contains a tree and the > other part some other text to display. > > i specifed this by <tc:gridLayout columns="200px;*"/> . > > But when tree gets expanded , the other column is also expanding and so > the contents are moved downloads. > > I need the 2nd column contents to be fixed even if the 1st column expands > when the tree does. > > how to achieve this ? > > and what does "fixed" mean in columns and rows ? > > Thnx in advance > > Regards, > Madan > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. 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