Re: RootLayoutPanel adds extra divs which makes it unusable. Why?

Thomas-
can you elaborate on what each's purpose is... I've been wondering
about the diff... thanks!
-r

On Sep 21, 9:56 am, Thomas Broyer <t.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 21, 5:33 pm, "marius.andreiana" <marius.andrei...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > In an app I was using RootLayoutPanel as it seems to be the new gwt
> > 2.0 way of using panels.
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> > It generates 3 extra divs, which, besides too much markup, they also
> > introduce some problems with onclick events being passed to various
> > elements. I've found similar complaints from others, e.g.http://www.devcomments.com/RootPanel-vs-RootLayoutPanel-at197454.htm
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> > Going back to RootPanel removes extra divs and issues.
> > The only difference between the two in docs is:
> > "This panel automatically calls RequiresResize.onResize() on itself
> > when initially created, and whenever the window is resized."
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> > So what's the actual purpose of RootLayoutPanel? Are the extra divs
> > really necessary?
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> RootLayoutPanel is a container that takes up all the visible area and
> always resizes to cover the whole viewport.
> Other than that, it's a LayoutPanel, so it wraps all its children
> within a div to be able to accurately manage their position and size
> in all supported browsers. And it creates an additional, hidden, div
> (two in the case of IE6) as a way to measure EMs and EXs in pixels.
> So, yes, those divs are necessary.
> But RootLayoutPanel and RootPanel are not interchangeable, they have
> distinct purposes.

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