GWT Designer uses WebKit for rendering under Windows 7. Under XP, it has to use IE. That means any widgets/layouts will only be displayed as well as IE can render them. RootLayoutPanel requires strict mode which works much better in modern browsers. IE6 is the cause of what you are seeing. Update to IE8 (or Windows 7), and it should work much better.
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