My local commit message didn't make it into the issue description, but this patch should include in the commit message attribution to Dirk Scheffler.
If also fixes issue 7015: http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=7015 http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1601803/ -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
