How to add an empty element in a JSF panelGrid?

Question

How do I add an empty element in a JSF panelGrid?

This is my full table:

<h:panelGrid columns="2">
    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>
</h:panelGrid>

How do I add an empty element? What is the advised way? (adding an empty outputlabel? This does not feel correct.)

<h:panelGrid columns="2">
    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <!-- This need to be emtpy -->
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>
</h:panelGrid>

Answer 1

Use an empty <h:panelGroup>.

<h:panelGrid columns="2">
    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <h:panelGroup />
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>

    <h:outputLabel value="row1"/>
    <h:outputLabel value="row2"/>
</h:panelGrid>

See also:

• Java EE tutorial - <h:panelGrid>

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Unrelated to the concrete problem, are you in basic HTML terms very well aware of when you should be using <h:outputLabel> instead of <h:outputText>? If not, carefully read Purpose of the h:outputLabel and its "for" attribute.