Questions tagged [gwt-designer]

GWT Designer is an Eclipse visual designer plugin that will generate the Java Code for your GWT application's GUI.

Following the WYSIWYG principle you will be able to create your GUIs by drag and drop and properties change.

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GWT: UiBinder or GWT Designer?

I have my first GWT project that I created using UiBinder (GWT 2.0 way) which I found to be easier than write my UI creation Java source code (GWT 1.0 way). But I saw this thing called GWT Designer that Google are releasing for free. It has nice…
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GWT Presentation Layer: Who does what?

I'm learning GWT and trying to wrap my head around all the UI options. I'm having trying to make sense of when/where/how to use Widgets, UIBinder, GWT Designer and custom Widgets. Specifically: What does GWT Designer generate as output? UIBinder…
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Best practices for designing GUI in GWT

I have recently started studying Google Web Toolkit. I have went through some walkthroughs, and I think I understand the basics and the idea. However, I have some questions on the overall architecture and design of the applications. Let's start with…
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GWT designer doesn't work with Maven-GWT project

I just started a GWT project with environment: Eclipse Helios google plugin for Eclipse 3.6 maven2 plugin for eclipse Gwt designer for eclipse 3.6 The project is created by gwt-maven-plugin. The project can run in dev mode. But GWT Designer…
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GWT code OR GWT Designer?

I am new to GWT. I have a question. Which way is better to learn/use GWT programming. Either to learn using GWT by writing code for creating user interface OR through GWT Designer? I am also aking this question in the context of good programming…
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Has anyone used "GWT Designer"?

Haven't seen anything about it here but it seems to solve one of the problems with GWT - the fact that you have to write Java code to generate your GUI. Instead this software allows you to design the GUI using drag-and-drop tools - a WYSIWYG…
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How to configure Ext GWT with GWT Designer?

I have problem with configuration GXT with GWT Designer. I have all new releases of Eclipse, GWT plugin and GXT and cannot configure GXT to work with GWT Designer. I setup my project so that I can compile my GXT project and run it in…
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GWT Designer with smartGWT : No palettes for smart widgets (XML UIBinder mode)

I added and configured SmartGWT in my project into eclipse. I have no news SmartGWT palettes that appear in the GWT developer. Yet, according to the official documentation of google, widgets palettes should appear…
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GWT Designer lags on xml source autocomplete

Some pretense: Using MyEclipse 8.6 with GWT 2.2.0. As you know it comes with GWT Designer now. I've noticed that while editing the xml within GWT Designer, every time I type in a new attribute to a tag it starts to lag. The exact point is when I…
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GWT Designer Eclipse

I want to use GWT Designer to create UI for web page, i installed SDK and GWT Designer and UIBinder, WindowBuilder. I use eclipse Kepler. It was istalled succesfully, but i can't open a class in Design mode. Get `Internal Error encountered…
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"create new visual classes" button not clickable on eclipse

I installed a new GUI designer software, and than restarted eclipse as requested but when eclipse reopened I couldn't click the "create new visual classes" button. it's clickable but it doesn't do anything. I have to click it in order to install the…
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Why is my UiProperty no longer editable in the GWT Designer?

For some reason I am no longer able to edit the UiField property in the GWT Designer. The field acts like its read only. When the field is selected the whole thing is highlighted instead of just the text. In fact all property fields do this, its…
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Use a custom gwt component created with uiBinder in another uiBinder?

I have created a custom widget with uiBinder that I want to include in another uiBinder layout. I tried:
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GWT Wizards are not showing in the eclipse Wizards menu

The google documentation http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/wizards/gwt/uibinder_dialogbox.html shows GWT wizards in eclipse, however, on my system this is not displayed. How do I get them to show? Google docs My System I…
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detecting mode of gwt designer (design mode or runtime)

Is it possible to detect if a ui binder template is being generated in eclipse by the GWT Designer or being generated at runtime mode? I would like to create a ui to display an data object and thus need to be able to generate one when running in…
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