how to specify the id to a <span> element with a ui:field using UI binder?

[Stevko]

I am using <span id="mySpanId"> within my UI Binder ui.xml files
along with the debugId
I also use <span ui:field="mySpan"> to identify dynamic elements
available to the associated View.

Adding both yields this error message -- Cannot declare id and
ui:field on the same element Element(:26)
Is there a way work around?

[-sowdri-]

Did you try styleName tag?? in case 'class' would do..

[Thomas Broyer]

Yes, assign it from within your Java code using getElement().setId(...).

See http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4176

You can also use the debugId instead.

See http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4179

See also https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AQcd-Zsy2T-YZG1mZG5jNl84Z3NkMmJuZHo which is an export from the Wave I linked to in comment #7 of the above issue.