José Vicente,

Please read this:

http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/02/17/wanted-layout-system/

Hope this helps,

Geraldo

On 18 fev, 07:44, Zé Vicente <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am currently developing an application with GWT. It has all I need
> in order to create a smart/dynamic user interface. But I just would
> like to start a discussion about the usage of Grid, FlexTable,
> Vertical Panel, HorizontalPanel and all other component in GWT that
> generates after the compilation HTML Table structures. When  I started
> my developing I did use a lot those components. But today, I can
> create my layout organization only using the FlowPanel component which
> generates a HTML <div>. By using FlowPanel and CSS I can build my
> layout and place my fields, images, links where I want.
>
> Now I only use GRID, FlexTable when I really want to display a search
> result. That is the goal of Tableless right?
>
> This is my feedback:
>
> I found out that is much more easy and fast to use FlowPanel + CSS to
> build layouts than any other GWT components. I only use GRID,
> FlexTable and similar when I am displaying a real "Grid".
> I chose FlowPanel to organize my layout because it generates after the
> compilation a <div> element. If I add CSS to it, I can do whatever I
> want with my layout without changing the Java code.
>
> What I expect from the community:
>
> 1. I would appreciate if you can share your experience in terms of
> layout organization with GWT and the usage of Grid, FlexTable,
> Vertical Panel, HorizontalPanel components in your code.
> 2. Are there others developers with similar strategy: FlowPanel + CSS?
> 3. Does anyone know if GWT can be faster if it has to build a layout
> with less <table> tags?
>
> Thank you in advance.
> José Vicente
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