Future of JavaFX

[Markus KARG]

JavaFX support for multi-resolution images is really a killer feature, as it simply is ridiculous how small images render on HiDPI that are scaled for LowDPI.

For JDK 10, I'd kindly ask to review the list of essentials that I sent you some months back by personal mail.

-Markus

-----Original Message-----
From: openjfx-dev [mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Rushforth
Sent: Mittwoch, 2. Dezember 2015 01:29
To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Future of JavaFX

Just to chime in on a couple of points that have been raised in this discussion...

* We are interested in working with the OpenJFX community to improve JavaFX. In particular: if you find a bug, file it (via bugs.java.com if you don't have a JBS account); if you want to contribute a patch to fix the bug, we'd love to review it; if you have an idea for an improvement, file it as an RFE (enhancement) and start up a thread on the mailing list. Larger features need a JEP, but smaller improvements do not.

Please be aware that as part of the OpenJDK community, we are bound by the processes of the OpenJDK, including the need for a signed OCA in order to contribute, and before you can get a JBS account. If you are dissatisfied with those processes and policies, then I invite you to discuss it on the discuss at openjdk.java.net alias, and not here.


* While we aren't planning a huge number of features in JDK 9, we are delivering some interesting improvements. Jigsaw is the big release driver and most of our effort on JavaFX is to align with that. For those of you who weren't at JavaOne, here is a list of things that are currently planned for JDK 9:

- A modularized JavaFX (into 6 core modules + deploy, swing interop, swt
interop)

- JEP 253 -- Control Skins & additional CSS APIs (proper support for third-party controls)

- High DPI enhancements (full support on Windows; add support for Linux)

- Public API for commonly used methods from internal packages:
    * Nested Event Loop
    * Pulse Listener
    * Platform Startup
    * Text API (HitTest, etc)
    * Static utility functions (under investigation)

- New versions of WebKit and GStreamer

And here is an incomplete list of things we are thinking about for after JDK 9, possibly in an update release. In fact, the recently proposed JDK
9 slip [1] makes it possible to consider pulling a few of them into JDK 9, so let us know which ones you consider most important:

- Provide a JavaFX equivalent for JEP 272 / AWT ‘Desktop’ API

- Make UI Control Behaviors public

- UI Control Actions API

- Public Focus Traversal API

- JavaFX support for multi-resolution images

- Draggable tabs

- Image IO


-- Kevin

[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2015-December/003149.html