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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
