Yes, this is fine and there is no race condition; I do this all the time. The deferred command is guaranteed to run after all other processing of the current event stack is completed, which includes all rendering that determines final sizing.
On Jun 6, 1:58 pm, Chris Lercher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to perform a size calculation on a composite generated by > UiBinder, using UIObject.getOffsetWidth(). The composite's ui.xml > (simplified) looks like this: > > <ui:style> > .test { > width: 80px; > height: 50px; > } > </ui:style> > <g:HTMLPanel styleName="{style.test}"> > </g:HTMLPanel> > > When I execute getOffsetWidth() during onModuleLoad(), the result is > 987 (the same as the body's width in my case). That's quite > understandable: I assume, the CSS from the ui.xml isn't applied yet. > > So I put getOffsetWidth() in a DeferredCommand, and now it returns 80, > which is correct. > > But I'm a bit worried, that this may actually be a race condition: Can > I be sure, that the CSS will be fully loaded, before the > DeferredCommand gets its turn? Or is there a better place to put that > code? > > Thanks > Chris -- 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.
