What is the best approach towards styling GWT applications?

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Published on 2010-04-22T11:13:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 12:13 UTC
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General approach in GWT is to use Panels and then apply custom CSS themes to get a customized look. While I can achieve a certain extent of personalization of my GWT app through CSS tinkering, I was wondering how others generally approach styling.

Some of the suggestions I came across the web were to manage layout with plain HTML, through use of HTMLPanel's. This way one can straightaway use the HTML mock-up within the application without having to code all the layout.

So what in your opinion is the best and least painful way to approach layout and custom styling of GWT application?

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