How to supply/change CSS style (not class) dynamically?

[csillag]

Hi,

I would like to apply a custom, code-generated CSS style to some elements on the fly. How can I do this?

There is setStyleName, which sets CSS style name, but it can only apply a pre-existing CSS class, and I need to create my class definitions on the fly. Is there a way to set CSS style directly, and not via a class?

Or is there a way to apply multiply CSS classes at once? (If there is, then I can pre-define the building blocks in static CSS, and apply the combination I need on the fly.)

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An other aproach would be to generate the CSS files on the server side, with some servlets, but this would invole much more complexity than I would like to introduce for something as simple as this.


What is the recommended approach for this?

Thank you for your help:

Csillag

[Isomorphic]

One way to create new styles on the fly would be to write out a <style> tag in the DOM. However, we have not tested how reliable this is on different browsers.

There's currently no way to affect the HTML "style" attribute on a Canvas, although there are APIs such as ListGrid hilites and ListGrid.getCellCSSText() for specific elements.

[csillag]

I see. And currently, GWT UIObject's is support for multiple style is also disabled with an override, right? I might end up setting up servlets for CSS then...