How can I internationalize a GWT UIBinder page with Messages?

Question

I am trying to internationalize a UIBinder application with property files. Since we have already a lot of translations exposed by the com.google.gwt.i18n.client.Messages in

Answer 1

Update:
please check logan's answer below for a solution available in recent versions of GWT.

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I had (actually, have) the same problem as you do - after migrating to GWT 2.0 I had a properties file I wanted to use in my UiBinder files. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work like I wanted to - it seems the GWT devs want people to use the syntax described in the i18n guide for UiBinder - where a Message interface is created during compile for every UiBinder template, etc.

Anyway, you can still use external Messages interfaces like this:

    
    
    
        .required {
      color: red;
      font-weight: bold;
    }
    .right {
      text-align: right;    
    }
    .textBox {
      margin-right: 7px;
    }
    
    
        

      

      

      

    

    

    

    
 

Though, that only works for stuff like Button's title, etc, not content of divs :/ You can fill those in the class behind the UiBinder template, but there should be a better way.

I was hoping that you could set the inner HTML via innerHTML (since UiBinder should recognize that method and allow to set it's value via XML/UiBinder template) but alas, last time I checked it didn't work :/