Where did this change come from? What's motivating it?
http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/738801/diff/1/2 File user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/ValueBoxBase.java (left): http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/738801/diff/1/2#oldcode201 user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/ValueBoxBase.java:201: if ("".equals(text)) { This check will have to move after the parsing, or else be declared a parser responsibility. http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/738801/show -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors