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here a helloworld : <a href="https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/8_0/#/gettingstarted/helloworld" rel="ugc">https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/8_0/#/gettingstarted/helloworld</a>&nbsp;<br>a demo page : <a href="https://www.primefaces.org/harmony/" rel="ugc">https://www.primefaces.org/harmony/</a>&nbsp;<br><br>do a right click on Chrome or Firefox, choose inspect to check the top html tag<br>As you can see, the html tag have at least a namespace xmlns attribute and nothing on the download page that you referred in your question.<br><br>the download page use the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/aside" rel="ugc"><u>ASIDE</u></a> html tag<br><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/aside" rel="ugc">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/aside</a>&nbsp;<br><br>
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I'm confused ;) You're saying that sidebar thing (which is exactly the same in helloworld as download) is a generic html element and nothing really to do with PrimeFaces?
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Is this an example of PrimeFaces <i>in action</i>?<br />
<a href="https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/8_0/#/gettingstarted/download" rel="ugc">https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/8_0/#/gettingstarted/download</a><br />
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I'm thinking specifically of the barely-usable and buggy (in both Firefox and Chrome for me) framed sidebar menu with its undraggable divider?<br />
I'm thinking of evaluating PrimeFaces so this is a good 'test'
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Is this an example of PrimeFaces in action?
https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/8_0/#/gettingstarted/download

I'm thinking specifically of the barely-usable and buggy (in both Firefox and Chrome for me) framed sidebar menu with its undraggable divider?
I'm thinking of evaluating PrimeFaces so this is a good 'test'

Is this a PrimeFaces page?

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