When I hide the borderlayout I do not want a frame displayed, is there anyway to do this?
You can hide the frame/border on the parts of a borderlayout
by setting border="none"
.
<borderlayout>
<west border="none">
</west>
</borderlayout>
It's in the ZK borderlayout example, though not very explicit. Notice the "Here is a non-border" panel.
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