Expands an area of a border layout.
ColdFusion.Layout.expandArea(layout,layoutArea)
cflayout, cflayoutarea, ColdFusion.Layout.collapseArea, ColdFusion.Layout.getTabLayout, ColdFusion.Layout.showArea, "Using layouts" in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide
ColdFusion 8: Added this function
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 Parameter  | 
    
 Description  | 
  
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 layout  | 
    
 The name attribute of the border layout that contains the area to expand.  | 
  
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 layoutArea  | 
    
 The position in the layout of the area to expand. Must be one of the following: bottom, left, right, or top.  | 
  
This function does not return a value.
This function has no effect if the area is already expanded.
The following code snippet expands the left area of the layout border layout when the user clicks the button.
<cfinput name="expand2" width="100" value="Expand Area 2" type="button" 
        onClick="ColdFusion.Layout.expandArea('thelayout', 'left');">