From: Marko Grönroos As GWT now requires Java 5, support for Java 1.4 is discontinued also in IT Mill
Toolkit. The debug mode is now enabled by default, to allow debugging layout and other problems
+more easily. The debug mode: You should disable the debug mode when releasing your application for production
+use. You can do this by including the following setting in your web.xml. The stable IT Mill Toolkit version 5.3 introduces a major rework of layout components
@@ -65,23 +91,12 @@ since the beta versions 5.2.x and before. Layouts are now more strict than before and some components may even be invisible if
-you use relative sizes in a wrong way. You should always have the following parameter in
-your web.xml file during development: This will make Toolkit run some sanity checks for relatively sized components and print
-informative error messages to the server console. Invalid components are painted without
-their relative size and colored red.Debug Mode Enabled by Default
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+ <context-param>
+ <param-name>productionMode</param-name>
+ <param-value>true</param-value>
+ <description>IT Mill Toolkit production mode</description>
+ </context-param>
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Layout Changes
Use debug mode during development / debugging
<context-param>
- <param-name>Debug</param-name>
- <param-value>true</param-value>
- <description>IT Mill Toolkit debug mode</description>
- </context-param>
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From version 5.3 this parameter is also needed to show the client-side logging window, -which you can enable by adding the request parameter "?debug=true" to application -URI.
+The debug mode, which is now enabled by default (see above), will make Toolkit run some +sanity checks for relatively sized components and print informative error messages to the +server console. Invalid components are painted without their relative size and colored +red.