Update on FX plans for JDK 9

[Markus KARG]

Kevin,

I did a quick survey at TeamFX and asked every member to vote. Here is the
official TeamFX opinion. I hope it is of any worth for you.

Preface: Besides the ticket IDs you asked to prioritise TeamFX thinks that
the top issue for JDK 9 should be performance, most notably of CSS
processing. If there is one thing that holds back people from adopting
JavaFX 8 for professional use cases, then it is the fact that you can
quickly produce UI freezes of several seconds due to bugs and non-optimal
CSS processing within JavaFX. If there would be a free voting upon features,
TeamFX would replace all the below points if instead we could have JDK 9
running as fast as it could (i. e. for example create and show more than
1000 TextFields in less than a second; rotate a canvas containing 1000
complex paths fluently; and so an).

Having said that, here is the summary of our survey:

JIRA Ticket	Votes	Topic
JDK-8092040	34	Implement Image writers for JavaFX
JDK-8091673	30	Runtime should have a published focus traversal API
for use in custom controls
JDK-8090477	26	Customizable visibility timing for Tooltip
JDK-8090763	22	Public API for Glass's robot functionality
JDK-8089311	21	[TableCell] commit on focus lost not possible in
every case
JDK-8092098	21	[TabPane] Support for draggable tabs
JDK-8091107	16	Add java.awt.Desktop support to javafx
JDK-8144556	16	Add support to allow user specified rendering order
JDK-8145443	16	[Mac] Render directly to NSWIndow rather than via
CALayer for non-applet Stage
JDK-8145154	16	Provide public API support for PerformanceTracker
functionality
JDK-8087516	15	Conditional support in JavaFX for GTK 3 on Linux
JDK-8091517	7	Implement com.apple.eawt APIs that make sense in
JavaFX (FX equivalent for JEP 272)

Merry Christmas
-Markus (TeamFX)


-----Original Message-----
From: openjfx-dev [mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of
Kevin Rushforth
Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2015 02:27
To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Update on FX plans for JDK 9

Thanks to everyone who has commented on this. With the winter holidays 
upon us, we will respond to feedback and pick this up next year.

-- Kevin


Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Given the recently announced JDK 9 schedule slip [1], we have taken 
> the opportunity to explore what RFE's / Features we could possibly now 
> work on for inclusion in JDK 9. We wanted to give you a pre-holiday 
> season update on what we are currently thinking.
>
> The following RFEs are in progress or planned for JDK 9:
>
>   JDK-8144585: Encapsulate JavaFX impl_* implementation methods
>   JDK-8143158: [Text, TextFlow] Make public API from internal "impl" APIs
>   JDK-8091308: Define fine-grained permissions for JavaFX
>   Expose Hi-DPI properties for render scale and screen scale (FX 
> equivalent task for JEP 263 JDK-8055212)
>   Multi-resolution image support (FX equivalent task for JEP 251 
> JDK-8046010)
>
> Additionally, we have started to look into making public API for some 
> of the impl_* API that will otherwise be hidden by JDK-8144585. See 
> Jonathan's earlier e-mail on the subject [2]. Here is what we have so 
> far:
>
>   JDK-8144628: Provide API to expose list of showing Windows
>   JDK-8144625: Expose code and char properties on KeyCode
>   JDK-8144962: Promote TableColumn reorderable property to public API
>   JDK-8144871: Add default method getStyleableNode to Styleable interface
>   JDK-8145143: Promote Image.impl_getUrl() to public API as 
> Image.getUrl()
>   JDK-8144956: Remove impl_cssGet*InitialValue() methods from Node and 
> Labeled
>
> If there are any we have missed that your application depends on, 
> please send e-mail to Jonathan.
>
> Finally, here is an updated list of other RFEs we might consider for 
> JDK 9. We will not be able to do all of these, but hope to be able to 
> do many of them. We could use the help of the OpenJFX community in 
> prioritizing this list or possibly adding something that we missed, as 
> long as the scope is small enough.
>
>   JDK-8091107: Add java.awt.Desktop support to javafx
>   JDK-8091517: Implement com.apple.eawt APIs that make sense in JavaFX 
> (FX equivalent for JEP 272)
>   JDK-8087516: Conditional support in JavaFX for GTK 3 on Linux
>   JDK-8092040: Implement Image writers for JavaFX
>   JDK-8091673: Runtime should have a published focus traversal API for 
> use in custom controls
>   JDK-8089311: [TableCell] commit on focus lost not possible in every 
> case
>   JDK-8090477: Customizable visibility timing for Tooltip
>   JDK-8092098: [TabPane] Support for draggable tabs
>   JDK-8144556: Add support to allow user specified rendering order
>   JDK-8145443: [Mac] Render directly to NSWIndow rather than via 
> CALayer for non-applet Stage
>   JDK-8145154: Provide public API support for PerformanceTracker 
> functionality
>   JDK-8090763: Public API for Glass's robot functionality
>
> Let us know what is most important to your application.
>
> We will keep you posted with updates on what exactly is being targeted 
> (note that you can track it by looking at the Fix Version in JBS, 
> which we strive to keep up-to-date).
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Kevin
>
> [1] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2015-December/003237.html
> [2] 
>
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2015-December/018338.html

>
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