10.3. Reviewing GWT’s cell widgets

In general, cell widgets act as shown in figure 10.10 where, typically, one or more cells are arranged in columns and rows. Entries in each row of a column will have the same cell type, but there’s no requirement for every column to have same cell type.

Figure 10.10. Generic view of a cell widget holding a variable number of cells. Your layout might differ from this (CellTree), but the underlying principle is the same.

Six different types of cell widgets come with GWT, each giving a different type of functionality, one of which is likely to meet your needs:

  • CellWidget—You’ve already seen this earlier in ...

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