IE v8 does not support Canvas natively, though there are some plugins I think that give it Canvas-like abilities. You will have to wait for IE v9 which has decent HTML 5 support.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:13 AM, StrongSteve <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > Currently I am trying to use the GWTCanvas from gwt-incubator-2.1.0 > (together with gwt2.1). > All I want to do right now is a simple proof on concept by drawing two > rectangles. > Does not sound very fancy, but even this simple task fails in IE8. > > I started by creating a new GWT project using the Eclipse Plugin (The > HelloWorldService template). > > Then I placed basic GWTCanvas code into the onLoad method. > > <code> > /** > * This is the entry point method. > */ > public void onModuleLoad() { > > GWTCanvas canvas = new GWTCanvas(640, 480); > > canvas.setLineWidth(3); > canvas.setStrokeStyle(Color.RED); > > canvas.strokeRect(30, 30, 100, 100); > > canvas.strokeRect(60, 50, 200, 200); > > RootPanel.get("mainArea").add(canvas); > > } > </code> > > Works perfectly in FF > 3.5, Chrome but shows an empty page in IE8. > Compatibility mode in IE7 show one rectangle, but only one. Changing > from HTML Standard to Quirks mode did not have any effect. > > Am I doing something obvious wrong? > I have found no information stating that the GWTCanvas does not work > with IE8. > Moreover the provided sample [1] from google incubator work perfectly > even in IE8. > What are the guys doing differently? ;) > > Thanks in Advance for both your time and your knowledge! > > Greetings > Stefan > > [1] > http://google-web-toolkit-incubator.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demo/GWTCanvasDemo/GWTCanvasDemo.html > > -- > 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]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- *Jeff Schwartz* -- 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.
