I normally do the layout with a panelgrid with almost all this functionality, except the 'star' and the belowLabel/belowField. If this is functionality is put in th s:decorate, is the s:layoutForm still needed then? What I'm worried about is that visible design is still important, at least for ui designers. I to many custom and complex components are developed, all tools have to be upgraded to render those, whereas a panelgrid can already be rendered in the correct way. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4028378#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...