The BootsFaces approach to defining rows and columns using
<b:row />
and
<b:column />
is a little simpler than the HTML-only Bootstrap approach, but BootsFaces doesn't stop there. There are two
shortcuts you can take.
<b:panelGrid />
Use the
<b:panelGrid />
to define forms. More often than not, forms have a very strict layout, often consisting of one or two columns of
input fields, which in turn consist of a label column, the input field columns and an error message column. In
such a situation,
<b:panelGrid />
is the component to use. Read the full story at the documentation page of <b:panelGrid
/>.
span attribute of most input fields
Many components have a
span
attribute. If this attribute is set, the component automatically is surrounded by a
<b:column />
: