JavaFX features in JDK 9

[Felix Bembrick]

Thanks Kevin but I am left a little underwhelmed by this tiny list. It seems that JavaFX is perhaps the slowest evolving technology in history in many respects which is very disappointing.


> On 28 Jun 2015, at 01:07, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Felix,
> 
> Sorry for the delay. Most of us were still pretty focused on 8u60, but we are turning our attention to JDK 9 now.
> 
> The focus for JDK 9 is Jigsaw. The currently planned big features (JEPs) for FX in JDK 9 are these:
> 
> JEP 253: Prepare JavaFX UI Controls & CSS APIs for Modularization
> JEP 257: Update JavaFX/Media to Newer Version of GStreamer
> 
> Related to Jigasw, we intend to look into new API for heavily used internal methods / classes since they will no longer be accessible otherwise. We also plan to update WebKit at least one more time, and will likely do a few RFEs such as better Hi-DPI support (with API control) on Mac, Windows, Linux.
> 
> We don't currently plan any other big features for 9, but will consider additional RFEs if they are important to enough developers and if they fit into the time frame.
> 
> -- Kevin
> 
> 
> Felix Bembrick wrote:
>> Anyone got anything or is there a link somewhere that talks about these?
>> 
>> On 15 June 2015 at 22:00, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> I realise we are a long way off JDK 9 still and with crucial features such
>>> as Jigsaw still a little up in the air but is it possible someone could
>>> itemise the most likely new features, enhancements and bug fixes that we
>>> will see in JavaFX when JDK 9 is released?
>>> 
>>> Of course it's purely speculation at this point but it would assist me
>>> greatly to have some of idea of where JavaFX is heading and which areas are
>>> seen as most important.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Felix
>>>