Summary of new features in JavaFX 8?

[Jonathan Giles]

You have the right controls that are new in 8.0.
-- Jonathan
Sent from a touch device. Please excuse my brevity.

Felix Bembrick <felix.bembrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Richard,
>
>OK, thanks for that.  Can you at least say if you are aware of any
>major
>feature or enhancement that I have omitted from my list?  I am not
>really
>interested in anything smaller than key features although a list of all
>the
>new controls would be very helpful!  (Maybe Jonathan would be better
>placed
>to answer the last part of that).
>
>Thanks,
>
>Felix
>
>
>On 17 August 2013 13:10, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> In theory the JavaDocs are supposed to have @since JavaFX 8.0 on all
>> classes / methods which were added in 8. At one point it was
>accurate, it
>> may have drifted since. There was also some tool that did a diff from
>one
>> JavaDoc version to the next to figure out what was added. I mention
>this
>> because I don't ever remember what is new and have to take those
>steps
>> myself to be reminded of all the things we've done since last year
>:-)
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Felix Bembrick
><felix.bembrick at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I am preparing another blog about JavaFX and would like to know
>what
>> > changes and enhancements there are in JavaFX between JDK7 and JDK8.
>> >
>> > For me the most obvious one is the entire 3D functionality but
>would it
>> be
>> > possible for someone from Oracle or another person in the know to
>list
>> the
>> > major changes and (especially) enhancements/new features we can
>expect in
>> > JFX8?
>> >
>> > Alternatively, if there is either a web page that lists them or
>some way
>> > for me to establish this info myself could you please point me
>there?
>> >
>> > These are the ones I can find for myself:
>> >
>> > * 3D
>> > * Rich Text
>> > * Modena theme
>> > * Embedded support
>> > * HTML5 improvements
>> > * New controls (TreeTableView, DatePicker)?
>> >
>> > Have I missed anything?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Felix
>>
>>