====== setLayout ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Application JView::setLayout #}

Sets the layout name to use. This method is used to control the layout template name that is used to render the view.

The method returns a string containing the name of the previous layout template.

===== Syntax =====
string setLayout ( **$layout** )

| **$layout** | string | is a string containing the name of the layout to use. |

===== Examples =====
<code php|Example>
echo $this->setLayout( 'form' );
</code>
might produce:
<code php|Result>
default
</code>

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