BorderLayout and LayoutDialog missing constructors

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In a project I need to create a BorderLayout and a LayoutDialog passing to
the constructor my DIVs ID to be used by these layouts. But the constructor
is missing, I can't pass my DIVs id. So, I've added myself the constructor.
If with ext you can pass id to the constructor, why not in gwt-ext?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mangrar on 14 Sep 2007 at 8:06

Attachments:

• BorderLayout.java
• LayoutDialog.java

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I'm brand new to GWT-ext and am having problems with the BorderLayout control 
as 
well.  I downloaded both the 0.9.3 and 0.9.2 versions of the gwtext.jar and in 
both 
jars the create() method is commented out.  This causes an error for me when I 
call 
the BorderLayout constructor. So, for my very first attempt at using this 
library I 
can't even create my first container to start adding controls to.  How is this 
working in the Showcase demo that up on the web?

I'm trying to evaluate whether this library is ready for me to base a new 
development effort around.  I'm scared to see that basic things like this 
aren't 
working.  To boot, it looks like this hasn't been working since 0.9.2 so this 
problem has been there for a while and it's still not fixed.  So doesn't anyone 
use 
a BorderLayout control?  This give me the impression that very few people are 
working with this code and that it is not very well tested.  I also see tons of 
other places in the code where things are commented out.  It doesn't give me 
much 
confidence that this code is very solid.

Hopefully someone can give me some motivation and reasons to believe that this 
library is actually in better shape than I'm assuming at this point.  Maybe the 
BorderLayout control is no longer a valid control. Maybe I'm not supposed to 
call 
the constructor the way I am.  I hope that's the case.  I was very impressed by 
the 
showcase demo and hoping that this could be a framework I could rely on.  If 
so, are 
there some better samples that I can see?  Maybe the sample code for the 
Showcase 
would be good that shows how the BorderLayout control is supposed to be called.

My single sample file is attached. Here's the error I get in the Toolkit 
Debugger 
window:

[ERROR] Unable to load module entry point class com.sissonix.client.GWTExtDemo 
(see 
associated exception for details)
com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: JavaScript TypeError exception: 
Object expected
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:481)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeHandle
(ModuleSpace.java:225)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeHandle
(JavaScriptHost.java:89)
    at com.gwtext.client.widgets.layout.BorderLayout.create(BorderLayout.java:61)
    at com.gwtext.client.widgets.layout.BorderLayout.createBorderLayout
(BorderLayout.java:58)
    at com.gwtext.client.widgets.layout.BorderLayout.<init>(BorderLayout.java:48)
    at com.sissonix.client.GWTExtDemo.onModuleLoad(GWTExtDemo.java:78)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.onLoad(ModuleSpace.java:342)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserWidget.attachModuleSpace
(BrowserWidget.java:326)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ie.BrowserWidgetIE6.access$200
(BrowserWidgetIE6.java:36)

Original comment by marksis...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2008 at 7:07

Attachments:

• GWTExtDemo.java

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For what it's worth, I figured out my problem (rookie mistake!).  I was using 
ext-js 
version 2.0 instead of ext-js 1.1. Evidently using the more recent version can 
cause 
type errors.

Hope this helps someone.  I found the answer when I discovered the forums :>

Original comment by marksis...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2008 at 5:58

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Thanks for the update, I'll try to make the Ext version to use more clear in 
the docs.

Original comment by sanjiv.j...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2008 at 6:03

• Changed state: WontFix