Question

GWT doesn’t come with any styles for the DialogBox, and it looks terrible without any styles. Is there some easy way to get something like what is shown on the GWT showcase page?

Answer 1

It turns out the solution is quite simple. Include the following CSS in your main HTML file, and download http://gwt.google.com/samples/Showcase/showcase/gwt/clean/images/hborder.png, http://gwt.google.com/samples/Showcase/showcase/gwt/clean/images/vborder.png and http://gwt.google.com/samples/Showcase/showcase/gwt/clean/images/circles.png into your project.

.gwt-PopupPanelGlass {
  background-color: #000;
  opacity: 0.3;
  filter: alpha(opacity=30);
}

.gwt-DialogBox .Caption {
  background: #F1F1F1;
  padding: 4px 8px 4px 4px;
  cursor: default;
  font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #bbbbbb;
  border-top: 1px solid #D2D2D2;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogContent {
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogMiddleCenter {
  padding: 3px;
  background: white;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomCenter {
  background: url(images/hborder.png) repeat-x 0px -2945px;
  -background: url(images/hborder_ie6.png) repeat-x 0px -2144px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogMiddleLeft {
  background: url(images/vborder.png) repeat-y -31px 0px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogMiddleRight {
  background: url(images/vborder.png) repeat-y -32px 0px;
  -background: url(images/vborder_ie6.png) repeat-y -32px 0px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopLeftInner {
  width: 10px;
  height: 8px;
  zoom: 1;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopRightInner {
  width: 12px;
  zoom: 1;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomLeftInner {
  width: 10px;
  height: 12px;
  zoom: 1;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomRightInner {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  zoom: 1;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopLeft {
  background: url(images/circles.png) no-repeat -20px 0px;
  -background: url(images/circles_ie6.png) no-repeat -20px 0px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopRight {
  background: url(images/circles.png) no-repeat -28px 0px;
  -background: url(images/circles_ie6.png) no-repeat -28px 0px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomLeft {
  background: url(images/circles.png) no-repeat 0px -36px;
  -background: url(images/circles_ie6.png) no-repeat 0px -36px;
}
.gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomRight {
  background: url(images/circles.png) no-repeat -8px -36px;
  -background: url(images/circles_ie6.png) no-repeat -8px -36px;
}
* html .gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopLeftInner {
  width: 10px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
* html .gwt-DialogBox .dialogTopRightInner {
  width: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
* html .gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomLeftInner {
  width: 10px;
  height: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
* html .gwt-DialogBox .dialogBottomRightInner {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
}