title: GWT/Sencha GXT Text area validation shows false negative
body: <p>Even though GWT text area contains text when the validate is method is called it fails.</p>
  
  <pre><code> //Populating the data in a seperate method
   evntCommonWidget.getDescription().setText(obj.getDescription());
  
   //test to check whether data is getting populated
   int curPos=this.getDescription().getCurrentValue().length();
   GWT.log("text area text size "+curPos);
   this.getDescription().setAllowBlank(false);
  
  //Validation process 
  if (!description.validate()) {
      this.getDescription().focus();
      return false;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Log shows,
  00:12:12.550 [INFO] text area text size 4.</p>
  
  <p>What is going wrong ? Please help to resolve</p>