https://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=380
The above bug has been fixed in GWT 2.6 and your code has only worked because of that bug. What you are doing doesn't work in pure Java. The reason is that field initializers are executed after the super() call returns but before the rest of your constructor is executed. So your code basically does 1.) call super 2.) call createHeader and assign a value to someButton 3.) when super() is done, initialize someButton to null (this will override the value assigned in 2.) 4.) call someButton.setVisible() inside constructor You can avoid step 3.) by not initializing the field to null. It will then contain the value assigned through createHeader(). -- J. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
