Thanks for your suggestions. I have tried all your suggestions but still nothing is displayed. I tried stepping through the code after onModuleLoad() but could not find anything suggestive of a problem.
2011/11/14 gerry <gtzoga...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > You have to put your images and other static files inside the war > directory. And mind the fullstop (.) before the css rule: > .appbackground { > background-image: url (images/background.jpg); // provided that you > have an the forlder images under war folder > width: 80%; height: 80%; > border: 10px solid red; // You have to separate those with a space, I > don't think comma is working > } > > On 13 Νοέ, 17:51, Jonathan Gossage <jgoss...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am a complete beginner with GWT and web development generally and I > > trying to build a GWT app using baby steps so I can understand each > > step. I have created a tiny app that simply as a styled layout panel > > in the RootPanel. My code in onModuleLoad is: > > > > public void onModuleLoad() { > > LayoutPanel p = new LayoutPanel(); > > p.setStylePrimaryName("appbackground"); > > RootLayoutPanel.get().add(p); > > p.setVisible(true); > > } > > > > and I have the following entry in the application style sheet: > > > > appbackground { > > background-image: url (WEB-INF/images/background.jpg); > > width: 80%; height: 80%; border: 10px,solid,red; > > > > } > > > > My problem is that I do not see any evidence of the styling in the > > displayed web page. I have verified that the onModuleLoad() method is > > being called. Can anyone spot what I could be doing wrong: > > > > Jonathan Gossage > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.