Chapter 5. Working with panels
This chapter covers
How panels work
Using GWT’s panels
Composite panels
Creating new panels
If widgets can be said to provide user interface functionality, then panels provide the application’s layout and visual organization. Think again of the new Plasma television from chapter 4—thankfully, the manufacturer provides a remote control with lots of buttons (widgets) on it; but what if the labels didn’t match the buttons, and the buttons were all over the place? Then it wouldn’t be a useful remote control! Panels allow you to control the visual structure (ensure the right labels are with the right buttons, and they’re all in the right place) of your GWT applications.
Definition
Panels provide the means to visually organize ...
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