StaticTextItem not appearing

[edulid]

Hello,

I am trying to create a DynamicForm with FormLayoutType.ABSOLUTE.

A minimalistic example is this:

public void onModuleLoad() {
    	
    	DynamicForm testForm = new DynamicForm();
		//testForm.setValuesManager(mainForm);
		
		testForm.setItemLayout(FormLayoutType.ABSOLUTE);
		testForm.setWidth("100%");
		

		final StaticTextItem nameTitleItem = new StaticTextItem("nameTitle", "Name");
		nameTitleItem.setTop(40);
		nameTitleItem.setLeft(0);
		nameTitleItem.setWidth(100);
		nameTitleItem.setHeight(40);
		nameTitleItem.setVisible(true);
		
		final SectionItem section1 = new SectionItem();  
		section1.setWidth(672);
		section1.setTop(1);
		section1.setLeft(1);
		section1.setValue("Persönliche Daten");  
		section1.setSectionExpanded(true);  
		section1.setItemIds("nameTitle");
		
		testForm.setFields(section1, nameTitleItem );
    	
    	VLayout vlayout = new VLayout();
    	vlayout.setWidth100();
    	vlayout.setHeight100();
    	Label label = new Label("Form test");
    	vlayout.addMember(label);
    	vlayout.addMember(testForm);
    	vlayout.draw();
    }

Where is the StaticTextItem ? I just can't make it appear anywhere. I tried using setVisible(true), but it doesn't appear. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

I am using I am using SmartGWT 2.4 EE.

[edulid]

Anyone?

Even with a completely empty form I don't see the StaticTextItem:

public void onModuleLoad() {
    	
    	DynamicForm testForm = new DynamicForm();
		//testForm.setValuesManager(mainForm);
		
		testForm.setItemLayout(FormLayoutType.ABSOLUTE);
		testForm.setWidth("100%");
		

		final StaticTextItem nameTitleItem = new StaticTextItem("nameTitle", "Name");
		nameTitleItem.setTop(40);
		nameTitleItem.setLeft(0);
		nameTitleItem.setWidth(100);
		nameTitleItem.setHeight(40);
		nameTitleItem.setVisible(true);
		
		
		
		testForm.setFields( nameTitleItem );
    	
    	VLayout vlayout = new VLayout();
    	vlayout.setWidth100();
    	vlayout.setHeight100();
    	
    	vlayout.addMember(testForm);
    	vlayout.draw();

    }

That's very strange

[Isomorphic]

It has no value, only a title, and in absolute mode, no items show titles.

[edulid]

Well that's exactly the reason why I am using StaticTextItem. In the docs it says:

Layout style to use with this form. 

The default of "table" uses a tabular layout similar to HTML tables, but with much more powerful control over sizing, item visibility and reflow, overflow handling, etc. 

itemLayout:"absolute" allows absolute positioning of every form item. This provides maximum flexibility in placement, with the following limitations:

-titles, which normally take up an adjacent cell, are not shown. Use StaticTextItems to show titles

So I am trying to use StaticTextItems to show a text, as explained in the docs. Why doesn't that work? What am I doing wrong?

[davidj6]

Set the StaticTextItem's value to the desired "title" you want to show.