Question

Is there a way to add image or icon inside a GWT TextBox widget?

EDIT: The image is required to have a ClickHandler.

Answer 1

If you are only interested in visually adding an icon , you can add it using css such as :

background-image:url('icon.png');
background-repeat:no-repeat;

UPDATE :

If you need to add events to image, you can bind an image and a textbox in a horizontal panel as in @Sandro Munda’s answer. Also another method is to use an absolute panel and css to make the image and the textbox overlap as such :

public class TextBoxWithImage extends Composite {
    public TextBoxWithImage() {
        AbsolutePanel p = new AbsolutePanel();
        p.add(new TextBox());       
        Image image = new Image("images/down.png");
        image.getElement().getStyle().setMarginLeft(-20, Unit.PX);
        p.add(image);       
        image.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
                Window.alert("Clicked!");
            }
        });
        initWidget(p);
    }
}