Table layout was the out-of-the-box configured layout from the beginning. Table layout creates an HTML table as the main container. Uses context/_internal/context.xml files to read the configuration. Tipical web root configuration is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<elephant-context lang="_en">
  <i18n>
    <name>
      <_en>Home</_en>
    </name>
  </i18n>
  <layout>
    <element id="20060126192226678" align="top" type="default-container" container="true">
      <attrib name="type" value="header"/>
      <element id="20060126192226654" align="top" type="default-element">
      </element>
      <element id="20060126192226679" align="left" type="default-navigator">
        <attrib name="type" value="tabulator"/>
        <attrib name="level" value="1"/>
      </element>
    </element>
    <element id="20060126192226680" align="top" type="default-container" container="true">
      <attrib name="type" value="locator"/>
      <element id="20060126192226681" align="left" type="default-navigator">
        <attrib name="type" value="location"/>
      </element>
    </element>
    <element id="20060126192226682" align="left" type="default-container" container="true">
      <attrib name="type" value="container"/>
      <attrib name="width" value="180px"/>
      <element id="20060126192226683" align="top" type="default-navigator">
        <attrib name="type" value="options"/>
        <attrib name="level" value="2"/>
        <attrib name="children" value="2"/>
        <attrib name="show-current" value="true"/>
      </element>
    </element>
    <element id="20060126192226685" align="bottom" type="default-container" container="true">
      <attrib name="type" value="footer"/>
      <element id="20060126192226684" align="top" type="default-element">
        <attrib name="type" value="footer-inside"/>
      </element>
    </element>
  </layout>
</elephant-context>