size of TextBox in GWT

[Tobe]

Hi,
how do I set the size parameter of a HTML input element with
type="text" for a TextBox in GWT?

[Michael W]

user TextBox method setMaxLength(...)

[Tobe]

@Michael
I want to change the size and not the maxlength of the TextBox

Looks like setSize() and setPixelSize() aren't changing the number of
visual characters, too.

On Aug 7, 3:34 am, Michael W <mwang_2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> user TextBox method setMaxLength(...)
>

[Thad]

It may be whatever container/panel that you have text box in is
overriding the size. Such are the joys of HTML and CSS.

[Tobe]

But issn't it better to set the size attribute of the HTML element to
have the number of visual characters? How can I do the same in CSS?
How do I know how much pixel (width) has one character?

On Aug 7, 6:46 pm, Thad <thad.humphr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It may be whatever container/panel that you have text box in is
> overriding the size.  Such are the joys of HTML and CSS.
>

[jhulford]

Try TextBox.setVisibleLength()

[Tobe]

@jhulford
That's what I need. Thanks