When I use this layout:
<rich:layout style="background-color:#ffffff; border:0px solid"> <rich:layoutPanel position="top"> <div style="border: 1px solid; height: 103px; background-color: #ffffff;"> top </div> </rich:layoutPanel> <rich:layoutPanel position="left" width="20%"> <div style="border: 1px solid;"> left </div> </rich:layoutPanel> <rich:layoutPanel position="center" width="80%"> <div style="border: 1px solid"> center </div> </rich:layoutPanel> </rich:layout>