I used GWT FlexTable.. 6 columns,8 columns, and many other combinations and formating sometime in same table and sometime in different table.. It works perfectly for me :).. Horizontal and vertical panel also works but there is one issue related to decorator panel but it has got work-arround..
Mahavir On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM, El Mentecato Mayor < [email protected]> wrote: > > Except you forgot to mention that JQuery's Themeroller doesn't display > properly on IE (not that I have anything against JQuery--a great > library, but the things you are pointing out don't look as nice or as > intended on the most popular browser, so that alone can make it > undesirable in many cases). > > > On Feb 20, 9:29 am, CJ Wilks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Geraldo, that Eric Meyer post is fantastic, most importantly because > > he wrote it, and so perhaps people will listen and do something about > > it. > > > > Certain GWT uses of tables are clearly an abomination (e.g. > > DecoratorPanel, DialogBox). There is no need to introduce a table and > > 9 cells, when other kits like jquery-ui's Themeroller are doing the > > same thing with CSS -- for example see .ui-corner-all athttp:// > docs.jquery.com/UI/Theming/API#Corner_Radius_helpers > > > > See it in action athttp://jqueryui.com/themeroller/-- fyi, since the > > jquery theming api is well documented, there's no reason you can't > > apply the same style classes to GWT widgets. > > > > On the other hand, sometimes tables are the simplest tool for the job. > > I am working on a GWT layout that needs to be 3 columns (33% each) at > > times, and 2 columns (200px + remainder) at other times, depending on > > which UI elements are present onscreen. I was trying to make it work > > by applying YUI Grids but the css became too complicated. Some > > browsers rendered it fine and others would push the righthand column > > downscreen. More importantly the markup was full of nested divs > > sprinkled with yui-gb and yui-u and yui-b and doc3 lots of other css > > junk that I won't remember next week. > > > > On Feb 18, 2:27 pm, Geraldo Lopes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
