Heh. Maybe I should restate that. The description isn't whacky on
second read. I thought I wrote it myself :)

Eelco

On 3/16/06, Gwyn Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Looks like it's from
> http://www.wicket-wiki.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Panels_and_borders if you
> want to edit it!
>
> /Gwyn
>
>
> On 17/03/06, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The description is a bit whacky. A panel is a container that replaces
> > any contents. I.e. you can draw a box on your screen and if that was a
> > panel, that whole box would be replaced by the contents of the panel.
> > A box is kind of te opposite. It is meant to decorate a component; it
> > draws around it. Please check out the component reference in
> > wicket-examples.
> >
> > Eelco
> >
> >
> > On 3/16/06, Tom van Zummeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > A beginners question, what is the difference between a Panel and a border
> > > component? I tried to use them both and I couldn't tell the difference
> > > between the two.
> > >
> > > I found this description on wicket-wiki:
> > >
> > > |The Panel component is a component that groups together a collection of
> > > other components and have an |associated markup. It is the basic building
> > > block for reusable site elements.
> > > |The Border component provides a way of wrapping a set of markup around a
> > > markup container. Typically the most |common use to to provide a common 
> > > site
> > > template (e.g. header, footer, menu etc.) that gets wrapped around
> > > |individual content pages. The result being that top level site layout 
> > > only
> > > needs to be maintained in one |markup file. However, the Border component 
> > > is
> > > much more powerful than this simple use case as it can be used |to achieve
> > > exactly the same functionality for individual elements on a page.
> > >
> > > Ok, so they both are containers for other components and they can have
> > > markup.
> > > They say the difference is that the Border component is more powerful.....
> > > so why does a Panel even exist then?
> > > I am confused.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tom van Zummeren
> > >
> > >
> > >
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