Actually, one tweak if you don't mind.
http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/702803/diff/1/3 File user/src/com/google/gwt/uibinder/elementparsers/MenuBarParser.java (right): http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/702803/diff/1/3#newcode36 user/src/com/google/gwt/uibinder/elementparsers/MenuBarParser.java:36: if (elem.hasAttribute("vertical")) { If you add a check here that the class being parsed is actually MenuBar, we'll be a bit friendlier to its subclasses as well. http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/702803/show -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors