I would say for creating the widget you describe you should not need
any low-level stuff. Actually with GWT you should not need such stuff
at all (perhaps except some tricky or unusual situations). I would
firstly try to implement your widget extending Composite. If you look
at the rich text
Hi,
I'm new to GWT and thinking of using it for a new version of an
existing app. I just went through the tutorial for the StockWatcher.
Now I'd like to learn a bit more about 2 things...
1. how to create custom widgets (not composites).
2. how to take control of the low-level stuff, like
