| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2408405 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans (Schedule Of Assumptions Used To Determine Benenfit Obligations And Earnings Effects For Pension Plans) (Details) (http://www.americanwoodmark.com/role/EmployeeBenefitAndRetirementPlansScheduleOfAssumptionsUsedToDetermineBenenfitObligationsAndEarningsEffectsForPensionPlansDetails) |
| Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000794619 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015-05-01 - 2016-04-30 | 2014-05-01 - 2015-04-30 | 2013-05-01 - 2014-04-30 | |||
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | |||
| Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] | Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain] | Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] | Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain] | Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] | |
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Expected return on plan assets | |||||