Great suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't help. The item I add to the deck is still hidden.
Thanks though. Robert On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try adding the deck to the rootpanel before you add the widget to it. > I'm not saying this is definitely it, but as a general rule, I try to build > up widgets as I nest them, from the outside in, adding them to the DOM as > soon as possible. > The reason being that if it is not connected, then 100% of 0 is 0. Hence > height = 0. > The deckpanel (last time I looked) sizes the deck innards to 100%. The > SimplePanel doesn't. > > > Ian > > http://examples.roughian.com > > > 2009/3/4 Robert J. Carr <rjc...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi Ian ... thanks for the response. >> >> Let me put it in code then: >> >> Widget w = new MyCompilicatedWidget(); >> >> DeckPanel deck = new DeckPanel(); >> deck.add(w); >> deck.showWidget(0); >> >> RootPanel.get("main").add(deck); >> >> // This doesn't work ... shows up as a single black line, however: >> >> Widget w = new MyCompilicatedWidget(); >> SimplePanel simple = new SimplePanel(); >> simple.setWidget(w); >> RootPanel.get("main").add(s); >> >> // Works fine, or even: >> >> RootPanel.get("main").add(new MyCompilicatedWidget()); >> >> // End code >> >> Assuming I have no styles applied to my DeckPanel (which I don't), I >> don't see how this can be a CSS issue. Thanks for the suggestion >> though, I'll dig a little deeper. >> >> Also, not surprising, the same behavior happens for a TabPanel, which >> makes sense because it uses a DeckPanel. >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > My approach would be to add a border to the various widget one at a time >> > (1px dotted red, say) to find out which widget is not displaying >> > correctly. >> > The chances are that you need a height:100% somewhere or that you don't >> > have >> > an absolute height in the chain back to the body element. >> > Without any code, it's not easy to be more specific (for me, anyway) >> > >> > Ian >> > >> > http://examples.roughian.com >> > >> > >> > 2009/3/4 rjcarr <rjc...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> I have a complicated widget that I'm trying to add to a DeckPanel. >> >> When the DeckPanel is rendered the widget is not shown, there's just a >> >> thin line a pixel or two high of where it is supposed to be. Other >> >> widgets added to the deck are displayed fine. >> >> >> >> Taking away the deck the widget displays normally. I've been using >> >> gwt for quite a while now and I've never seen this. There are no >> >> errors of any sort ... it just isn't shown. >> >> >> >> However, if I add my widget to a SimplePanel it works fine. My >> >> temporary solution is to replace the DeckPanel with a SimplePanel and >> >> use the setWidget() method with a listner, but I'd prefer to use the >> >> DeckPanel. >> >> >> >> Is there any explanation for this? >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
