2. User Interface Library Overview

The com.google.gwt.user.client.ui package contains classes that allow you to create dynamic user interfaces using techniques that have proven successful with other user interface frameworks such as Java’s AWT. The classes in this package build upon a web browser’s user interface features to provide dynamic reusable components that have the same behavior between supported browser implementations and versions. The GWT user interface library calls these components widgets, and they range from simple buttons and labels to more complex tab panels and tree views. Some of the widgets map directly to HTML elements that you would use in a regular web page, and some are composites of many HTML elements ...

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