diff --git a/include/nana/gui/widgets/group.hpp b/include/nana/gui/widgets/group.hpp
index d876becb..6cd15af1 100644
--- a/include/nana/gui/widgets/group.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/gui/widgets/group.hpp
@@ -27,11 +27,21 @@ namespace nana{
     class group
 	    : public panel<true>
     {
-
-
+	    place        plc_outer{*this};
+        panel<false> content  {*this};
+        label        titel/*  {*this}*/;
+        place        plc_inner{content};
+	    unsigned int gap;
+    public:
+        group( widget   &owner,          ///< 
+               string    titel_ ={},     ///< 
+               bool      format =false,  ///< Use a formated label?
+               unsigned  gap =2,         ///< betwen the content  and the external limit
+               rectangle r ={}           ///<
+              );
+        place& plc  (){ return plc_inner; }
+        window inner(){ return content; }
     };
 
-
-
 }//end namespace nana
 #endif
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/group.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/group.cpp
index e0958124..d613b63d 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/group.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/group.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,43 @@
 #include <nana/gui/widgets/group.hpp>
 
 namespace nana{
+ group::group( widget   &owner,          ///<
+               string    titel_ /*={}*/,     ///<
+               bool      format /*=false*/,  ///<
+               unsigned  gap /*=2*/,         ///<
+               rectangle r /*={} */          ///<
+              )
+		    : panel (owner, r),
+              titel (*this, titel_)
+	        {
+                titel.format(format);
+                ::nana::size sz = titel.measure(1000);
+                std::stringstream ft;
 
+                ft << "vertical margin=[0," << gap << "," << gap << "," << gap << "]"
+                   << " <weight=" << sz.height << " <weight=5> <titel weight=" << sz.width+1 << "> >"
+                   << " <content>";
+		        plc_outer.div(ft.str().c_str());
 
+                plc_outer["titel"  ] << titel;
+		        plc_outer["content"] << content;
+		        plc_outer.collocate();
+
+                color obg = owner.bgcolor();
+                titel.bgcolor(obg.blend(colors::black, 0.975) );
+                color bg=obg.blend(colors::black, 0.950 );
+                bgcolor(bg);
+
+                drawing dw(*this);
+		        dw.draw([gap,sz,bg,obg](paint::graphics& graph)
+		        {
+			        graph.rectangle(true, obg);
+                    graph.round_rectangle(rectangle(       point ( gap-1                 ,   sz.height/2                       ), 
+                                                     nana::size  (graph.width()-2*(gap-1),   graph.height()-sz.height/2-(gap-1))
+                                                    ),
+                                          3,3, colors::gray_border,     true, bg);
+               });
+            }
 
 }//end namespace nana