Front end components

[devep1]

smartgwt power 3.1

I have a sort-of multi-window application: i.e. there are multiple distinct contexts each with is own UI.

Which is the best practice in this scenario?

1) Hard coded html menu pointing to different html pages each hosting a smartwt app?
2) Smartgwt generated menu (should I simply output HTMLFlow() objects to compose a:
[html]
<ul>
<li>...</li>
</ul>
[/html]
or is there a better solution?) and a huge EntryPoint derived class to handle the context switch.

Thank you.

[Isomorphic]

Both solutions are valid - use these questions to drive your decision:

Do you want to be able to redeploy the different applications separately? This is an argument for a simple HTML menu.

Do you have some users with low bandwidth who might get faster downloads if the apps were split up? This is an argument for a simple HTML menu.

Is there a large subset of users that will use multiple apps in the same session? This is an argument for a single combined app.

[devep1]

Both solutions are valid - use these questions to drive your decision:

Do you want to be able to redeploy the different applications separately? This is an argument for a simple HTML menu.

Do you have some users with low bandwidth who might get faster downloads if the apps were split up? This is an argument for a simple HTML menu.

Is there a large subset of users that will use multiple apps in the same session? This is an argument for a single combined app.

I've been for separate pages for each sub-module.
A nice and simple <ul><li>..</li></ul> menu is sitting on top of the page.
But still I have a couple of problems:
# the smartgwt ListGrid overlays over everything so I cannot click on the menu.
# the page shows no scrollbar so I cannot move enything

The page is fairly simple by now:

public void onModuleLoad() {
		Layout mainContentLayer = new VLayout();
		mainContentLayer.setWidth100();
		mainContentLayer.setHeight100();

		Label title = new Label("<h1>Customer management</h1>");

		final Canvas customerGrid = getCustomerListGrid();
		customerGrid.setHeight100();

		mainContentLayer.addMember(title);
		mainContentLayer.addMember(customerGrid);

		mainContentLayer.draw();
	}

How should I approach this?

Thank you.

[devep1]

I've been for separate pages for each sub-module.
A nice and simple <ul><li>..</li></ul> menu is sitting on top of the page.
But still I have a couple of problems:
# the smartgwt ListGrid overlays over everything so I cannot click on the menu.
# the page shows no scrollbar so I cannot move enything

I can reply to myself :-)

Layout is fixed at 0,0 so setTop(x) made the job.

public void onModuleLoad() {
		Layout mainContentLayer = new VLayout();

		mainContentLayer.setTop(96);
		mainContentLayer.setWidth100();
		mainContentLayer.setHeight100();

		Label title = new Label("<h1>Customer management</h1>");

		final Canvas customerGrid = getCustomerListGrid();
		customerGrid.setHeight100();

		mainContentLayer.addMember(title);
		mainContentLayer.addMember(customerGrid);

		mainContentLayer.draw();
	}