if nothing change on portal 2.4.x (i don't know on 2.6) is not possible to define via configuration file the window's portlet mode. I had a similar problem and solved defining a new layout having the maximized mode only and setting that layout for the page including my portlet. In that way i can't set normal mode but it wasn't neede to me View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4051979#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...