# // Error: Too many children in layout: testScrollL

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/error-too-many-children-in-layout-testscrolll/6922
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [September 3, 2001, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/error-too-many-children-in-layout-testscrolll/6922 "2001-09-03T09:45:43Z")
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### Author: ![ted-k](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ted-k](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/ted-k)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2001, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/error-too-many-children-in-layout-testscrolll/6922/1 "2001-09-03T09:45:43Z")

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anyone come across this?   
// Error: Too many children in layout: testScrollLayout //   
Im using rowcolumnlayout several times and when I add 'scrollLayout' to add a scroll bar to my window it throws this error,

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### Author: ![tjgalda](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@tjgalda](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/tjgalda)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/error-too-many-children-in-layout-testscrolll/6922/2 "2001-09-05T00:24:37Z")

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when building gui's, you need to parent each layout properly to build a hierarchy for the gui. you can read more on this in the docs.

short answer:

add:

parent ..  
parent ..

cheers.

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> anyone come across this?   
> // Error: Too many children in layout: testScrollLayout //   
> Im using rowcolumnlayout several times and when I add 'scrollLayout' to add a scroll bar to my window it throws this error,

TJ Galda   
Character Technical Director and Animator  
Nelvana [http://www.nelvana.com]