HI Guys, I am new to Java and everyday i am seing the discussions and i have a small doubt that please give me the simple View about GWT and let me know the full form of GWT.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:59 PM, silkcom <silk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a question similar to this one? Has the GWT team ever > considered adding a "CSS compiler" into GWT? Example create classes > and such in Java that help with the layout. Offering as much > flexibility as possible as CSS does, but then making the CSS "browser > independant" as well as the JS. In this way the CSS can be compiled > with the rest of the page, but we can be sure that (to the best of > googles ability) our pages will look identical regardless of browser. > > has this been discussed/considered? > > On Jul 27, 9:12 am, Jan Ehrhardt <jan.ehrha...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Using horizontal and vertical panels is the prefered way of realizing > > layouts in GWT. You shouldn't try to implement your layout from scrach. > But > > this doesn't mean, that there is no need for CSS in GWT. > > > > GWT should also prevent you from many browser differences, but that > doesn't > > mean, that it will do allways. > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Mehdi Rabah <mehdi.ra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > Thanks for your answer. > > > > > So you're saying even when using GWT, a web developper have to fight > with > > > the browser differences? > > > It seems like the themes used in GWT only change colors, which is not > the > > > main problem (which is positionning) > > > > > For my layouts I use tables, meaning gwt horizontal and vertical panel, > > > with setCellAlignment method. > > > > > Regards > > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Jan Ehrhardt < > jan.ehrha...@googlemail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > >> Hi, > > >> GWT apps are web apps and they're running inside a browser, thus it's > a > > >> good choice to use CSS. If you look to the Showcase app ( > > >>http://gwt.google.comsqf/samples/Showcase/Showcase.html< > http://gwt.google.com/samples/Showcase/Showcase.html>), > > >> it's using different themes and the switch is done by changing the CSS > file, > > >> which provides colors, borders, etc. There are lots of other examples, > like > > >> creating a Dialog, which lays over the rest of your app. > > >> The differences of CSS in different browsers is a common problem, but > most > > >> webdevelopers know how to work around. In GWT this also means, that > defered > > >> binding allows to create different implementations for different > browsers. > > >> Another point, you should care about, is, how do you create margin or > > >> padding without CSS? In other GUI frameworks like SWT, you've got > layout > > >> constraints, that can be applied to a component, but in GWT, you don't > have. > > >> CSS is the prefered way to do. > > > > >> Regards > > >> Jan Ehrhardt > > > > >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Mehdi Rabah <mehdi.ra...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > >>> Hi, > > > > >>> I'm trying to use CSS for the layout of my website (for now, the > > >>> layout is made with layouts). The worst problem I've seen is that the > > >>> layout is not the same on different browsers. > > > > >>> So, since the GWT philosophy is to abstract the development from the > > >>> browser, I was asking myself if the GWT team recommend the use of > > >>> CSS? > > > > >>> Does GWT developpers really use CSS? For what use? (IMHO positionning > > >>> with CSS really suck, the "margin: auto" to center a div doesn't work > > >>> on IE8) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
