Suri, There's a demo in the Incubator that you could look at. The code for it can be viewed online or you can download and setup the Incubator project locally (be sure to grab GWT 1.5.3 if you don't already have it). Links below.
Incubator SVN - http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit-incubator/source/checkout PagingScrollTableDemo - http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit-incubator/source/browse/trunk/src-demo/com/google/gwt/gen2/demo/scrolltable/client/PagingScrollTableDemo.java GWT 1.5.3 download - http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/downloads/list Hope that helps. - Isaac On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Issac, > Since I'm still at a design level choosing my options, can I get a > sample code for the PagingScrollTable to be able to evaluate its use > for my purpose? I tried looking at the wiki for the incubator and all > there was was a definition for some bean. > > Thanks > Suri > > On Nov 5, 2:44 am, "alex.d" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, i started with trying to use 1.4 Table with 1.5 RCx GWT and >> encountered numerous problems while trying to compile the example on >> the page. After solving all the issues i finaly managed to get it to >> work, but it didn't play nice in my prety complex GUI layout with a >> lot of Panels: size and visibility issues. In comparison to it, a Ext >> GWT table was a half an hour work and it works prety stable. Basicaly >> you can see all my issues when you look at the comments on the >> incubator page. I didn't report the issues because people did it >> before me and the was no response to it, and because the project >> seemed to be dead - no updates in months(but that was severall weeks >> ago). >> >> On 4 Nov., 21:13, "Isaac Truett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > Bugs, bugs and one more time bugs. >> >> > Alex, >> >> > What problems did you encounter with PagingScrollTable? Have you >> > entered them into the issue tracker? >> >> > - Isaac >> >> > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:53 AM, alex.d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > On 3 Nov., 15:30, Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> Hi Alex, >> > >> Well here are my concerns on both areas but before I get to that I'd >> > >> like to mention that I'm developing I guess a relatively small module >> > >> but something I think is complex in terms of the amount of >> > >> functionality its providing. The idea is to have a table of data that >> > >> is retrieved from the server and displayed to the user >> >> > >> 1) The data should be sortable/pageable >> > >> 2) When the user clicks on a cell/row: >> > >> - the row gets highlighted >> > >> - the info of that row shall appear in a "editable" row below the >> > >> table where once the user makes and changes, these are reflected in >> > >> the main table >> > >> - once the user navigates to another row, the edited row should >> > >> have some sort of marker displaying that it is dirty until the save >> > >> button is clicked ( this is allowing for batch processing) >> > >> - thus when a user decides to sort/page this information would need >> > >> to be retained until the user saves. >> > >> 3) The user has a drop down above the table to filter by a couple of >> > >> the columns. >> > > So far not a problem with both of them. >> >> > >> I looked at ext-GWT and GWT-ext. Both seem are somewhat ok about this, >> > >> however with ext-GWT >> > >> - You can't paginate/sort on the client side if I'm not wrong and the >> > >> whole model seems to force you to do remote pagination which from what >> > >> I saw, would basically reset the data each time - so not a good option >> > > You can sort on the client side - it's per default that way if you >> > > want to sort only the current page - in case you want to sort the >> > > whole data and then have a page Nr. N, you will have to sort/page on >> > > the server. New grid supports editing directly in the cells(so no page >> > > refresh necessary). But i haven't used it yet. >> >> > >> And with GWT-ext: >> > >> I tried implementing it however, ran into some memory overflow problem >> > >> when trying to compile it. Plus, there was a file PagingMemoryProxy >> > >> that was not available in the GWT-ext library but then I later found >> > >> it in the gwtux library. Not sure why it is like that. >> > > I do not use GWT-ext. The whole javascript-wrapper concept isn't the >> > > best idea imho. >> >> > >> On the whole the problem with both ideas is that, I thought of them >> > >> more as widgets but turns out they almost completely take over your >> > >> code with a whole bunch of different things to do as opposed to >> > >> standard GWT code. So, that isn't really an attractive idea. >> > > Well, i found out that writting smth. as complex as Ext-GWT's grid >> > > would take too much time and effort - can't really afford it in my >> > > project. Using existing widgets bring some problems, mostly due to the >> > > specific nature of your particular application, but they are solvable >> > > and you need much less time for it. >> >> > >> Alex, >> > >> What were the problems you found with PagingScrollTable? Just curious >> > >> to know since I'm trying to get an idea of what I might need/ not >> > >> need. >> > > Bugs, bugs and one more time bugs. Imho you'll need far more time >> > > solving problems/fixing bugs with PagingScrollTable than doing same >> > > thing with Ext-GWT's grid. But if you decide to write your own grid, >> > > then using/rewriting/fixing PagingScrollTable might be a good >> > > approach. >> >> > >> Thanks >> > >> Suri >> > >> On Nov 3, 4:46 am, "alex.d" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > PagingScrollTable isn't really smth. one can recommend. You have more >> > >> > trouble with it then anything else. Both GWT-EXT and Ext GWT have >> > >> > paging tables. It's worth to take a look. >> >> > >> > On 31 Okt., 18:03, "Isaac Truett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > Yes, I've used the original version in several places in one project >> > >> > > and I plan on using the gen2 incarnation in another project. I >> > >> > > highly >> > >> > > recommend PagingScrollTable. >> >> > >> > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > > Hi Issac, >> > >> > > > I had looked at that initially but got discouraged by the comments >> > >> > > > below on the page. Have you used it? Is it any good? >> >> > >> > > > Thanks >> > >> > > > Suri >> >> > >> > > > On Oct 31, 9:25 am, "Isaac Truett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > >> The GWT Incubator has a PagingScrollTable. >> >> > >> > > >>http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit-incubator/wiki/PagingScro... >> >> > >> > > >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > >> > Is there a widget available for pagination/sorting? Other than >> > >> > > >> > the ext >> > >> > > >> > code. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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