Seems I should read forums better. My apologies..

Problem solved, should remove some default css styles like:

.gwt-DialogBox { 
  width: 350px;

} 

See Post
http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/browse_thread/thread/9c5043675ae86300/7838b03dbfedae8d?lnk=gst&q=DialogBox#7838b03dbfedae8d

Grz Michel.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Michel Pikkaart <[email protected]>
> Date: 9 Mar 2011 10:27:08 GMT+01:00
> To: Google Web Toolkit <[email protected]>
> Subject: Question/Challenge with CSS Style vs DialogBox
> 
> Thank you for reading this,
> 
> In short, I have a challenge with a Style called element.style and a Dialog 
> Box, the box is square and I would like it wider, as I change some styles of 
> the panel which I put in as widget, the inside Panel grows, but the Dialog 
> Box is stubborn and stays square in his size and the panel becomes partly 
> invisible.
> 
> My level is Java beginner.
> 
> I following the lecture of "Essential GWT" and his MVP model (see ISBN 
> 0-321-70514-9)
> 
> My code according the some examples from the book and mixer of my own 
> thoughts what I hope this is right way to do.
> 
>       // My DialogBox
> 
>               final DialogBox simpleQueryBox = new DialogBox();
>               simpleQueryBox.setText("Simple Query");
>               simpleQueryBox.setGlassEnabled(true);
>               simpleQueryBox.setAnimationEnabled(true);
> 
> // the MVP like form.
> // constructor of SimpleQueryPresenter, gets a instance of DialogBox (so my 
> presenter of this popup box can close himself, sorry for the mesh), string 
> params, the View(page buildup), and a callback which returns an SQL query 
> string as result).
> 
>                final SimpleQueryPresenter simpleQueryPresenter = new 
> SimpleQueryPresenter(simpleQueryBox,
>                                                                               
>                                                                               
>      params, 
>                                                                               
>                                                                               
>      new SimpleQueryView(), 
>                                                                               
>                                                                               
>      this.getEnvironment(),new SimpleCallback<String>(){
> 
>                       @Override
>                       public void goBack(String result) {
>                               // TODO Auto-generated method stub
>                               // not important yet.
>                       }
>               });
> 
> // put them together.
> 
>       simpleQueryBox.setWidget(simpleQueryPresenter.getDisplay().asWidget());
> 
> After that an Handler tells the simpleQueryBox to appear and the SimpleQuery 
> handler tells him to hide, simple it works.
> 
> BUT,....I want it the box being wider, and I cannot figure out why, I see 
> this in my Mozilla Firebug trace tool an style which I cannot find or 
> overlook. I read a lot, but I mis it somewhere.
> 
> A style called  element.style
> 
> element.style {
>  clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, auto);
>  left: 607px;
>  overflow: visible;
>  position: absolute;
>  top: 218px;
>  visibility: visible;
> }
> 
> I know and tried, if I get rid of the clip in the style element (I can turn 
> it of in Firebug to experiment), everything is all right. But it seems and I 
> am surprised because I'm new to css that this element.style is dynamic, but 
> firebug claims it comes from the stylesheet which is locate directly in the 
> war folder root. It isn't there, ok for me it is strange yet.
> 
> My question:
> a. Can I get rid of only this clip setting in the element.style?
> b. I doing it wrong and should do it otherwise, please advise.
> 
> Thank you for your time effort spend to help me.
> 
> Kind regards Michel.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> PS Sorry have to mention......Google GWT rocks ! :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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