## com.google.gwt.user.client.ui
Class FormPanel

    java.lang.Object
      com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject
          com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget
              com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel
                  com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SimplePanel
                      com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.FormPanel

All Implemented Interfaces:
  EventListener, FiresFormEvents, HasWidgets, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.impl.FormPanelImplHost

    public class FormPanel

extends SimplePanel
implements FiresFormEvents, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.impl.FormPanelImplHost

A panel that wraps its contents in an HTML <FORM> element.

This panel can be used to achieve interoperability with servers that accept traditional HTML form encoding. The following widgets (those that implement `HasName`) will be submitted to the server if they are contained within this panel:

- `TextBox`
- `PasswordTextBox`
- `RadioButton`
- `CheckBox`
- `TextArea`
- `ListBox`
- `FileUpload`
- `Hidden`

In particular, `FileUpload` is only useful when used within a FormPanel, because the browser will only upload files using form submission.

### Example

>     public class FormPanelExample implements EntryPoint {

>       public void onModuleLoad() {
>         // Create a FormPanel and point it at a service.
>         final FormPanel form = new FormPanel();
>         form.setAction("/myFormHandler");

>         // Because we're going to add a FileUpload widget, we'll need to set the
>         // form to use the POST method, and multipart MIME encoding.
>         form.setEncoding(FormPanel.ENCODING_MULTIPART);
>         form.setMethod(FormPanel.METHOD_POST);

>         // Create a panel to hold all of the form widgets.
>         VerticalPanel panel = new VerticalPanel();
>         form.setWidget(panel);

>         // Create a TextBox, giving it a name so that it will be submitted.
>         final TextBox tb = new TextBox();
>         tb.setName("textBoxFormElement");
>         panel.add(tb);

>         // Create a ListBox, giving it a name and some values to be associated with
>         // its options.
>         ListBox lb = new ListBox();
>         lb.setName("listBoxFormElement");
>         lb.addItem("foo", "fooValue");
>         lb.addItem("bar", "barValue");
>         lb.addItem("baz", "bazValue");
>         panel.add(lb);

>         // Create a FileUpload widget.
>         FileUpload upload = new FileUpload();
>         upload.setName("uploadFormElement");
>         panel.add(upload);

>         // Add a 'submit' button.
>         panel.add(new Button("Submit", new ClickListener() {
>           public void onClick(Widget sender) {
>             form.submit();
>           }
>         }));

>         // Add an event handler to the form.
>         form.addFormHandler(new FormHandler() {
>           public void onSubmit(FormSubmitEvent event) {
>             // This event is fired just before the form is submitted. We can take
>             // this opportunity to perform validation.
>             if (tb.getText().length() == 0) {
>               Window.alert("The text box must not be empty");
>               event.setCancelled(true);
>             }
>           }

>           public void onSubmitComplete(FormSubmitCompleteEvent event) {
>             // When the form submission is successfully completed, this event is
>             // fired. Assuming the service returned a response of type text/html,
>             // we can get the result text here (see the FormPanel documentation for
>             // further explanation).
>             Window.alert(event.getResults());
>           }
>         });

>         RootPanel.get().add(form);
>       }
>     }

Field Summary
`static java.lang.String` `ENCODING_MULTIPART` Used with `setEncoding(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using MIME encoding (necessary for `FileUpload` to work properly).
`static java.lang.String` `ENCODING_URLENCODED` Used with `setEncoding(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using traditional URL encoding.
`static java.lang.String` `METHOD_GET` Used with `setMethod(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using an HTTP GET request.
`static java.lang.String` `METHOD_POST` Used with `setMethod(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using an HTTP POST request (necessary for `FileUpload` to work properly).

Constructor Summary
`FormPanel()` Creates a new FormPanel.
`FormPanel(NamedFrame frameTarget)` Creates a FormPanel that targets a `NamedFrame`.
`FormPanel(java.lang.String target)` Creates a new FormPanel.

Method Summary
`void` `addFormHandler(FormHandler handler)` Adds a handler interface to receive click events.
`java.lang.String` `getAction()` Gets the 'action' associated with this form.
`java.lang.String` `getEncoding()` Gets the encoding used for submitting this form.
`java.lang.String` `getMethod()` Gets the HTTP method used for submitting this form.
`java.lang.String` `getTarget()` Gets the form's 'target'.
`protected void` `onAttach()` This method is called when a widget is attached to the browser's document.
`protected void` `onDetach()` This method is called when a widget is detached from the browser's document.
`boolean` `onFormSubmit()`
`void` `onFrameLoad()`
`void` `removeFormHandler(FormHandler handler)` Removes a previously added handler interface.
`void` `setAction(java.lang.String url)` Sets the 'action' associated with this form.
`void` `setEncoding(java.lang.String encodingType)` Sets the encoding used for submitting this form.
`void` `setMethod(java.lang.String method)` Sets the HTTP method used for submitting this form.
`void` `submit()` Submits the form.

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SimplePanel
`add, getContainerElement, getWidget, iterator, remove, setWidget`

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel
`adopt, adopt, clear, disown, doAttachChildren, doDetachChildren, onLoad, onUnload, orphan`

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget
`getParent, isAttached, onBrowserEvent, removeFromParent, setElement`

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

`addStyleDependentName, addStyleName, getAbsoluteLeft, getAbsoluteTop, getElement, getOffsetHeight, getOffsetWidth, getStyleElement, getStyleName, getStyleName, getStylePrimaryName, getStylePrimaryName, getTitle, isVisible, isVisible, removeStyleDependentName, removeStyleName, setHeight, setPixelSize, setSize, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStylePrimaryName, setStylePrimaryName, setTitle, setVisible, setVisible, setWidth, sinkEvents, toString, unsinkEvents`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### ENCODING_MULTIPART

    public static final java.lang.String ENCODING_MULTIPART

  Used with `setEncoding(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using MIME encoding (necessary for `FileUpload` to work properly).

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### ENCODING_URLENCODED

    public static final java.lang.String ENCODING_URLENCODED

  Used with `setEncoding(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using traditional URL encoding.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### METHOD_GET

    public static final java.lang.String METHOD_GET

  Used with `setMethod(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using an HTTP GET request.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### METHOD_POST

    public static final java.lang.String METHOD_POST

  Used with `setMethod(String)` to specify that the form will be submitted using an HTTP POST request (necessary for `FileUpload` to work properly).

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### FormPanel

    public FormPanel()

  Creates a new FormPanel. When created using this constructor, it will be submitted to a hidden <iframe> element, and the results of the submission made available via `FormHandler`.

  The back-end server is expected to respond with a content-type of 'text/html', meaning that the text returned will be treated as HTML. If any other content-type is specified by the server, then the result html sent in the onFormSubmit event will be unpredictable across browsers, and the `FormHandler.onSubmitComplete(FormSubmitCompleteEvent)` event may not fire at all.

  Tip:
    The initial implementation of FormPanel specified that the server respond with a content-type of 'text/plain'. This has been intentionally changed to specify 'text/html' because 'text/plain' cannot be made to work properly on all browsers.

### FormPanel

    public FormPanel(NamedFrame frameTarget)

  Creates a FormPanel that targets a `NamedFrame`. The target frame is not physically attached to the form, and must therefore still be added to a panel elsewhere.

  When the FormPanel targets an external frame in this way, it will not fire the onFormSubmit event.

  Parameters:
    `frameTarget` - the `NamedFrame` to be targetted

### FormPanel

    public FormPanel(java.lang.String target)

  Creates a new FormPanel. When created using this constructor, it will be submitted either by replacing the current page, or to the named <iframe>.

  When the FormPanel targets an external frame in this way, it will not fire the onFormSubmit event.

  Parameters:
    `target` - the name of the <iframe> to receive the results of the submission, or `null` to specify that the current page be replaced

Method Detail

### addFormHandler

    public void addFormHandler(FormHandler handler)

  Description copied from interface: `FiresFormEvents`
  Adds a handler interface to receive click events.

  Specified by:
    `addFormHandler` in interface `FiresFormEvents`
  Parameters:
    `handler` - the handler interface to add

### getAction

    public java.lang.String getAction()

  Gets the 'action' associated with this form. This is the URL to which it will be submitted.

  Returns:
    the form's action

### getEncoding

    public java.lang.String getEncoding()

  Gets the encoding used for submitting this form. This should be either `ENCODING_MULTIPART` or `ENCODING_URLENCODED`.

  Returns:
    the form's encoding

### getMethod

    public java.lang.String getMethod()

  Gets the HTTP method used for submitting this form. This should be either `METHOD_GET` or `METHOD_POST`.

  Returns:
    the form's method

### getTarget

    public java.lang.String getTarget()

  Gets the form's 'target'. This is the name of the `NamedFrame` that will receive the results of submission, or `null` if none has been specified.

  Returns:
    the form's target.

### onFormSubmit

    public boolean onFormSubmit()

  Specified by:
    `onFormSubmit` in interface `com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.impl.FormPanelImplHost`

### onFrameLoad

    public void onFrameLoad()

  Specified by:
    `onFrameLoad` in interface `com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.impl.FormPanelImplHost`

### removeFormHandler

    public void removeFormHandler(FormHandler handler)

  Description copied from interface: `FiresFormEvents`
  Removes a previously added handler interface.

  Specified by:
    `removeFormHandler` in interface `FiresFormEvents`
  Parameters:
    `handler` - the handler interface to remove

### setAction

    public void setAction(java.lang.String url)

  Sets the 'action' associated with this form. This is the URL to which it will be submitted.

  Parameters:
    `url` - the form's action

### setEncoding

    public void setEncoding(java.lang.String encodingType)

  Sets the encoding used for submitting this form. This should be either `ENCODING_MULTIPART` or `ENCODING_URLENCODED`.

  Parameters:
    `encodingType` - the form's encoding

### setMethod

    public void setMethod(java.lang.String method)

  Sets the HTTP method used for submitting this form. This should be either `METHOD_GET` or `METHOD_POST`.

  Parameters:
    `method` - the form's method

### submit

    public void submit()

  Submits the form.

  The FormPanel must not be detached (i.e. removed from its parent or otherwise disconnected from a `RootPanel`) until the submission is complete. Otherwise, notification of submission will fail.

### onAttach

    protected void onAttach()

  Description copied from class: `Widget`
  This method is called when a widget is attached to the browser's document. To receive notification after a Widget has been added to the document, override the `Widget.onLoad()` method.

  Subclasses that override this method must call `super.onAttach()` to ensure that the Widget has been attached to its underlying Element.

  Overrides:
    `onAttach` in class `Widget`

### onDetach

    protected void onDetach()

  Description copied from class: `Widget`
  This method is called when a widget is detached from the browser's document. To receive notification before a Widget is removed from the document, override the `Widget.onUnload()` method.

  Subclasses that override this method must call `super.onDetach()` to ensure that the Widget has been detached from the underlying Element. Failure to do so will result in application memory leaks due to circular references between DOM Elements and JavaScript objects.

  Overrides:
    `onDetach` in class `Widget`