Package com.google.gwt.user.client.ui

Class RootPanel

java.lang.Object

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.ComplexPanel

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.AbsolutePanel

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel

All Implemented Interfaces:

HasAttachHandlers, HasHandlers, EventListener, HasVisibility, HasWidgets, HasWidgets.ForIsWidget, IndexedPanel, IndexedPanel.ForIsWidget, InsertPanel, InsertPanel.ForIsWidget, IsWidget, Iterable<Widget>

public class RootPanel
extends AbsolutePanel

The panel to which all other widgets must ultimately be added. RootPanels are never created directly. Rather, they are accessed via get() .

Most applications will add widgets to the default root panel in their EntryPoint.onModuleLoad() methods.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

UIObject.DebugIdImpl, UIObject.DebugIdImplEnabled

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HasWidgets

HasWidgets.ForIsWidget

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IndexedPanel

IndexedPanel.ForIsWidget

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.InsertPanel

InsertPanel.ForIsWidget

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

eventsToSink

Fields inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

DEBUG_ID_PREFIX, MISSING_ELEMENT_ERROR, SETELEMENT_TWICE_ERROR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear(boolean clearDom)	Deprecated. Simply removing all DOM elements can cause issues with other elements in the page.
static void	detachNow(Widget widget)	Deprecated. Instead, use Widget.removeFromParent().
static void	detachOnWindowClose(Widget widget)	Deprecated. While originally introduced to combat memory leaks in old browsers, this is no longer necessary, and the unload event used by this method is being removed from browsers.
static void	detachWidgets()	Deprecated. See notice on detachOnWindowClose(Widget) and Issue 9908 for more information.
static RootPanel	get()	Gets the default root panel.
static RootPanel	get(String id)	Gets the root panel associated with a given browser element.
static Element	getBodyElement()	Convenience method for getting the document's body element.
static boolean	isInDetachList(Widget widget)	Deprecated. Use of the detach list requires the unload event, which is planned to be removed in future browser updates.

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.AbsolutePanel

add, add, add, getWidgetLeft, getWidgetTop, insert, insert, insert, remove, setWidgetPosition, setWidgetPositionImpl

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.ComplexPanel

add, add, adjustIndex, checkIndexBoundsForAccess, checkIndexBoundsForInsertion, doLogicalClear, getChildren, getWidget, getWidgetCount, getWidgetIndex, getWidgetIndex, insert, insert, iterator, remove

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel

add, adopt, clear, doAttachChildren, doDetachChildren, orphan, remove

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

addAttachHandler, addBitlessDomHandler, addDomHandler, addHandler, asWidget, asWidgetOrNull, createHandlerManager, delegateEvent, ensureHandlers, fireEvent, getHandlerCount, getHandlerManager, getLayoutData, getParent, isAttached, isOrWasAttached, onAttach, onBrowserEvent, onDetach, onLoad, onUnload, removeFromParent, replaceElement, setLayoutData, setParent, sinkEvents, unsinkEvents

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

addStyleDependentName, addStyleName, ensureDebugId, ensureDebugId, ensureDebugId, getAbsoluteLeft, getAbsoluteTop, getElement, getOffsetHeight, getOffsetWidth, getStyleElement, getStyleName, getStyleName, getStylePrimaryName, getStylePrimaryName, getTitle, isVisible, isVisible, onEnsureDebugId, removeStyleDependentName, removeStyleName, resolvePotentialElement, setElement, setElement, setHeight, setPixelSize, setSize, setStyleDependentName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStylePrimaryName, setStylePrimaryName, setTitle, setVisible, setVisible, setWidth, sinkBitlessEvent, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IndexedPanel

getWidget, getWidgetCount, getWidgetIndex, remove

Methods inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IndexedPanel.ForIsWidget

getWidgetIndex

Methods inherited from interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.InsertPanel.ForIsWidget

add

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Method Details

detachNow

@Deprecated
public static void detachNow(Widget widget)

Deprecated.

Instead, use Widget.removeFromParent().

Marks a widget as detached and removes it from the detach list.

If an element belonging to a widget originally passed to detachOnWindowClose(Widget) has been removed from the document, calling this method will cause it to be marked as detached immediately. Failure to do so will keep the widget from being garbage collected until the page is unloaded.

This method may only be called per widget, and only for widgets that were originally passed to detachOnWindowClose(Widget).

Parameters:

widget - the widget that no longer needs to be cleaned up when the page closes

See Also:

• detachOnWindowClose(Widget)

detachOnWindowClose

@Deprecated
public static void detachOnWindowClose(Widget widget)

Deprecated.

While originally introduced to combat memory leaks in old browsers, this is no longer necessary, and the unload event used by this method is being removed from browsers. Additionally, it is unreliable as a means to ensure calls to Widget.onUnload(). See Issue 9908 for more information.

Adds a widget to the detach list. This is the list of widgets to be detached when the page unloads.

This method must be called for all widgets that have no parent widgets. These are most commonly RootPanels, but can also be any widget used to wrap an existing element on the page. Failing to do this may cause these widgets to leak memory. This method is called automatically by widgets' wrap methods (e.g. Button.wrap(Element)).

This method may not be called on any widget whose element is contained in another widget. This is to ensure that the DOM and Widget hierarchies cannot get into an inconsistent state.

Parameters:

widget - the widget to be cleaned up when the page closes

See Also:

• detachNow(Widget)

get

public static RootPanel get()

Gets the default root panel. This panel wraps the body of the browser's document. This root panel can contain any number of widgets, which will be laid out in their natural HTML ordering. Many applications, however, will add a single panel to the RootPanel to provide more structure.

Returns:

the default RootPanel

get

public static RootPanel get(String id)

Gets the root panel associated with a given browser element. For this to work, the HTML document into which the application is loaded must have specified an element with the given id.

Parameters:

id - the id of the element to be wrapped with a root panel ( null specifies the default instance, which wraps the <body> element)

Returns:

the root panel, or null if no such element was found

getBodyElement

public static Element getBodyElement()

Convenience method for getting the document's body element.

Returns:

the document's body element

isInDetachList

@Deprecated
public static boolean isInDetachList(Widget widget)

Deprecated.

Use of the detach list requires the unload event, which is planned to be removed in future browser updates. See notice on detachOnWindowClose(Widget) and Issue 9908 for more information.

Determines whether the given widget is in the detach list.

Note that modern browsers do not have the memory leaks that originally required use of this feature - it is retained only to support application-specific detach events.

Parameters:

widget - the widget to be checked

Returns:

true if the widget is in the detach list

detachWidgets

@Deprecated
public static void detachWidgets()

Deprecated.

See notice on detachOnWindowClose(Widget) and Issue 9908 for more information.

Detaches all widgets that were set to be detached on window close by a call to detachOnWindowClose(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget). Formerly was package-protected, now can be called by projects that required the old behavior and are willing to set up their own onclose handler on the window.

Note that modern browsers do not have the memory leaks that originally required use of this feature - it is retained only to support application-specific detach events.

clear

@Deprecated
public void clear(boolean clearDom)

Deprecated.

Simply removing all DOM elements can cause issues with other elements in the page.

Clears the rootPanel. If clearDom is true, then also remove any DOM elements that are not widgets.

By default Panel.clear() will only remove children that are GWT widgets. This method also provides the option to remove all children including the non-widget DOM elements that are directly added (e.g. elements added via getElement().appendChild(...).

Parameters:

clearDom - if true this method will also remove any DOM elements that are not widgets.