Summary of new features in JavaFX 8?

[Felix Bembrick]

Thanks Jonathan :-)


On 17 August 2013 13:28, Jonathan Giles <jonathan.giles at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>