GWT UiBinder style primary name not working

Question

I'm trying to override a particular widget's style using UiBinder. What am I overlooking?

<ui:style>
  /*************
   * Note #1
   *************/
  .btnVote {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 50px;
     height: 50px;
     background: #fff;
     margin: 5px;
     text-align: center;
     outline: none;
     cursor: pointer;
  }

  /*************
   * Note #2
   *************/
  .btnVote-up-hovering, .btnVote-down-hovering {
     background: #ddd;
  }

  .btnVote-up-disabled, .btnVote-down-disabled {
     border-shadow: inset 0 1px 3px #aaa;
  }

  .lblName {
     line-height: 50px;
     font-size: 40px;
     padding: 5px 10px;
  }

  .clear {
     clear: both;
     overflow: auto;
  }

  .floatLeft {
     float: left;
  }
</ui:style>

<g:HTMLPanel styleName="{style.clear}">

    <g:FlowPanel styleName="{style.floatLeft}">

       /*************
        * Note #3
        *************/
        <g:PushButton ui:field="btnVoteUp" stylePrimaryName="{style.btnVote}">
            (+)
        </g:PushButton>

        <g:PushButton ui:field="btnVoteDown" stylePrimaryName="{style.btnVote}">
            (-)
        </g:PushButton>
    </g:FlowPanel>

    <g:FlowPanel styleName="{style.floatLeft}">

        <g:Label ui:field="lblName" stylePrimaryName="{style.lblName}"/>
    </g:FlowPanel>
</g:HTMLPanel>

Note 1: This rule is being applied and works fine

Note 2: This other rules seem to be getting ignored (they don't take effect)

Note 3: The default naming for the widget is being reset, hence Note 1 works fine. The base class is set to GOGXR1SCFI instead of gwt-PushButton

Why aren't they other rules working? When I hover the widget, the class GOGXR1SCFI-up-hovering is indeed set to the widget, but no accompanying CSS.

Thanks for your help.

Update

Something I ran into that gave me a hard time for a while: when you use the @external keyword, you must place a semi-column at the end of the @external statement, as in:

<ui:style>
@external .btnVote;
.btnVote {
   ...
}
</ui:style>

<g:FlowPanel styleName="{style.btnVote}"/>

possible duplicate of How to declare dependent style names with UiBinder — Hilbrand Bouwkamp

Snake Verde Snake Verde · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-22T02:40:29

One thing you could do is to create your CSS using ClientBundle, define all the different states there, then handle the various states manually. This way you don't need to define classes as @external, and GWT will optimize the CSS for you (shorten the names, only ship what gets used, etc.). This is especially beneficial for custom widgets and such.

GWT UiBinder style primary name not working

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