Re: [g:Label] [special character] Why it works in ui:binder but not with setText() ?

[Thomas Broyer]

✖ in your ui.xml is interpreted by the XML parser used at compile-time to generate the corresponding Java code. The generator will then generate something like `close.setText("\u2716")` (actually, because it generates files in UTF-8, it probably just uses `close.setText("✖")`).

An alternative would be to use an HTML widget and close.setHTML("✖")

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:58:49 PM UTC+1, regnoult axel wrote:

Hello,

My 'close' label needs a special character so I do : close.setText("✖"); but then it appears ✖

Instead of calling setText(), in uiBinder I could have a working solution: 

<g:Label

     ui:field="close"

     addStyleNames="{C.C_CSS.cross}">&#10006;</g:Label>

My question is : Why setText() does not give me the special character (a cross) appearing ?

What should be the easier solution in my case (I cannot use uibinder) ?

Thanks you,