Hi,
> I tried all of that, I just wish to understand the CSS model for GWT.
For the record, GWT is just html manipulated by javascript so there is
no such thing as a "CSS model for GWT". If you know how to use css
then you shouldn't have any problems styling gwt widgets. (w3schools
is a good place to learn)
> Do we have documentation on this at all. What are all the values that
> can be set for a widget or panel, is this documented.
Of course all of this is documented, every javadoc page for every
widget tells you what are the associated css rules. There are even
examples in the form of the showcase (for any widget in the showcase
you have the whole css definitions and even IE specific css-hacks)
> Sorry for the long reply but I am getting a bit frustrated with this,
> I normally use java applets and have no issue in this area, but would
> love to drop this and move to GWT.
That's your problem, GWT != java.
A piece of advice: use firebug on firefox to debug your style problems
in a compiled version of your gwt app. That'll give you more insight
into what you're doing and you can even live-edit css. When I started
with GWT I found css styling quite problematic, simply because the
inheritance rules are really different from the inheritance rules in
OO programming. Once I started understanding (thx to w3schools in
great part) how css worked I realised that the easiest method to get
your css right is first to code your UI without thinking about
styling, then compiling and opening in firefox, inspecting with
firebug, css live-editing and finally modifying your css file.
I'd really like to stress the fact that this is not a GWT issue, css
styling works in the same way in gwt as it does in normal html.
Hope that helps,
Salvador
On 19 mai, 17:11, "Donald.W.Long" <donald.w.l...@thelongsfamily.com>
wrote:
> I tried all of that, I just wish to understand the CSS model for GWT.
> Do we have documentation on this at all. What are all the values that
> can be set for a widget or panel, is this documented.
>
> I am reaching my end with GWT. I feel it is a good idea but lake of
> documentation is killing me and all the books you can purchase do not
> really go into the CSS model for GWT.
>
> Can someone point me to some simple examples that really show how the
> CSS model works or documentation. The java doc like all java docs
> does not show you anything on how to use the CSS model.
>
> I have looked at some of the examples (mail) and the like but they are
> so complicated you loose track of how the CSS model really works. I
> have grabbed items from the (mail) example but only can get some of
> them to work.
>
> All I wish to do is the following:
>
> Change the background of a stack panel, that is the area that is not
> displaying a item (button for example) and also change the font for
> the group and the color of the tab for the group.
>
> This should be simple but I have not been able to make this work.
> Any help would be great.
>
> Sorry for the long reply but I am getting a bit frustrated with this,
> I normally use java applets and have no issue in this area, but would
> love to drop this and move to GWT.
>
> Again any help please.
>
> On May 19, 9:56 am, Nick <powers.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Add the style name instead (i.e. addStyleName("mstackpanel") and see
> > if that works for you.
> > -Nick
>
> > On May 18, 9:24 pm, "Donald.W.Long" <donald.w.l...@thelongsfamily.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hi all,
>
> > > I have been playing around with StackPanels and I wish to control the
> > > look of it.
>
> > > I have tried using the normal CSS for StackPanel and nothing changes.
>
> > > .gwt-StackPanel {
> > > background-color :#cff;
>
> > > }
>
> > > .gwt-StackPanel .gwt-StackPanelItem {
>
> > > }
>
> > > .gwt-StackPanel .gwt-StackPanelItem-selected {
>
> > > }
>
> > > .gwt-StackPanel .gwt-StackPanelContent {
>
> > > }
>
> > > You would thank that some sort of backgroup color would change, does
> > > not matter what I put in any of the above CSS for StackPanel, nothing
> > > changes.
>
> > > I did do the following
>
> > > .mstackpanel {
> > > background-color :#cff;
>
> > > }
>
> > > and then added
>
> > > mystackpanel.setStyleName("mstackpanel");
>
> > > and that changes the backgroup, messes up all the other settings, that
> > > I do not know how to set.
>
> > > I am a bit confused about how the CSS works in gerenal for GWT.
>
> > > I thought if I replaced items like above in the correct CSS entry it
> > > would take affect. Is this not true?
>
> > > All I wish to do is change the background color of a stack panel.
>
> > > Any help would be nice.
>
> > >DonaldW.Long(donald.w.l...@thelongsfamily.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
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