# Placeholder Properties

When you select a placeholder in the Portal Designer, the following read-only properties appear in the Property Editor window. The property values are read in from the .layout file that corresponds to the selected Layout Type for the page.

Title | Read-only. The name of the placeholder. This value is read from the .layout file for the page's selected Layout Type.
Flow | Read-only. If the "Using Flow" property is set to true, this value can be "vertical" or "horizontal." Flow determines whether books or portlets put in the placeholder are positioned on top of each other (vertical) or beside each other (horizontal). This value is read from the .layout file for the page's selected Layout Type.
Using Flow | Read-only. If this value is set to "true," books and portlets put in the placeholder are positioned according to the value of the "Flow" property. If this value is set to "false," the default flow is used (vertical). This value is read from the .layout file for the page's selected Layout Type.
Placeholder Width | Read-only. Displays the width set for the placeholder. This value is read from the .layout file for the page's selected Layout Type.

Related Topics

Properties for All Portal Components

Desktop Properties

Header and Footer Properties

Book and Page Properties

Portlet Properties

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