# Elementname: `PositioningArea`

## Description

Describes an area which contains one or more frames. Elements can be placed within these frames.

Allowed attributes: framecolor, name

Child elements: Loop, PositioningFrame

Parent elements: Case, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, Pagetype, Until, While

### Attributes

framecolor (text, optional, since version 2.9.12)

  Set the color of the frame in grid=yes mode. Defaults to 'red'

name (text)

  Name of the area.

## Example

    <Pagetype name="right page" test="sd:odd( sd:current-page() )">
      <Margin left="1cm" right="1cm" top="1cm" bottom="1cm"/>
      <PositioningArea name="frame1">
        <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="2" row="2"/>
        <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="16" row="2"/>
      </PositioningArea>
    </Pagetype>

## See also

PositioningFrame PlaceObject

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddSearchpath
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- AttachFile
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Circle
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Compatibility
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineColorprofile
- DefineFontalias
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- Groupcontents
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- Initial
- InsertPages
- Italic
- Layout
- Li
- LoadDataset
- LoadFontfile
- Loop
- Makeindex
- Margin
- Mark
- Message
- NewPage
- NextFrame
- NextRow
- NoBreak
- Ol
- Options
- Otherwise
- Output
- Overlay
- PDFOptions
- Pageformat
- Pagetype
- Paragraph
- PlaceObject
- Position
- PositioningArea
- PositioningFrame
- ProcessNode
- Record
- Regular
- Rule
- SaveDataset
- SavePages
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Span
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- TableNewPage
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Trace
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

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