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How to wrap a “submit button” with GWT?

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Xybrek

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Jan 30, 2012, 2:51:51 AM1/30/12
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I am getting an error when I try to wrap a submit button with GWT:

Caused by: java.lang.AssertionError: Child cannot be null
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Node$.isOrHasChild$(Node.java:278)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Button.wrap(Button.java:55)
HTML Code:

<div style="display:none">
<form id="login_form" action="javascript:;">
<input id="username" type="text">
<input id="password" type="password">
<button type="button" id="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</div>
Java Code (GWT):

loginButton = Button.wrap(Document.get().getElementById("submit"));
Is there any way to wrap a submit button?

Thomas Broyer

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Jan 30, 2012, 3:33:02 AM1/30/12
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On Monday, January 30, 2012 8:51:51 AM UTC+1, Xybrek wrote:
I am getting an error when I try to wrap a submit button with GWT:

Caused by: java.lang.AssertionError: Child cannot be null
     at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Node$.isOrHasChild$(Node.java:278)
     at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Button.wrap(Button.java:55)


That means the argument to Button.wrap() is 'null' (debug 101: step into the code; it's open source, so read the source!), i.e. in your case Document.get().getElementById("submit") returns 'null'.

Xybrek

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Jan 30, 2012, 10:13:06 PM1/30/12
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Yes I debug it. And yes, I see that
Document.get().getElementById("submit") returns null. However, it should
not be null since there is a <button> in the HTML file that has that id.

Thomas Broyer

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Jan 31, 2012, 7:13:34 AM1/31/12
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Document.get().getElementById() simply maps to document.getElementById(), so you'll have to use your browser's debugging tools to debug it.

First, I'd try to change the ID of the button.
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