problems masking a grid panel

[Cristina Hernandez]

Hello everyone,

I have a problem when I want to mask a grid panel the first time is loading.

I create a tab that has this grid and this page takes many minutes to load, so I want to apply the mask on it.
If I try to mask the tab, I can't obviously because it isn't completely created. I put the variable of the grid like this:
grid.setLoadMask(true);

but it isn't work.

I post some code to help to solve my problem.

grid = new GridPanel();
GroupingView view = new GroupingView();
view.setForceFit(true);
view.setStartCollapsed(true);
view.setIgnoreAdd(true);
view.setGroupTextTpl(createView());
grid.setView(view);
grid.setAutoScroll(true);
grid.setStore(store); //GroupingStore created before
grid.setColumnModel(this.createColumnModel());
grid.setStripeRows(true);
grid.setAutoExpandColumn(COLUMN_EMPLOYEE);
grid.setTitle("Title");
grid.setAutoWidth(true);
grid.setAutoHeight(true);
grid.setEnableColumnHide(true);
grid.setEnableColumnMove(true);
grid.setLoadMask(true);
grid.setDisableSelection(true);

thank you very much for your time.

[Maneesh Godbole]

Looks like you are using GWT-Ext. Not having worked with GWT-Ext I cannot offer any suggestions for it.
However, you might want to consider GWT LazyPanel or something like a GlassPanel
I personally would prefer the LazyPanel as the glass panel will block all user interaction with the whole UI.

In future, while posting code, please UseCodeTags
I have edited out your original post this time. As you can see the code tags make the code much more readable and easy to understand.

[Cristina Hernandez]

The problem is that I work with 1.5 version of gwt and I can't update because of technical requirements, but thanks for the answer