Enhancements for JavaFX 18

[Nir Lisker]

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> * Add DirectionalLight
>

I'll note that this is the first in a line of a few other enhancements, so
by no means the only one I'll want to get into 18. The problem is that they
change the same areas of the code, so they block each other.


On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 3:59 PM Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
wrote:

> Now that JavaFX 17 is in RDP2, we can turn more attention to bug fixes
> and enhancement requests for JavaFX 18. It's the summer, so there may be
> delays as some people are out at various times (including me), but I
> would like to get some of the outstanding enhancement requests moving
> over the next few weeks.
>
> Specifically, I'd like to see the following proceed:
>
> * Transparent backgrounds in WebView
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8090547
> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/563
>
> * Add DirectionalLight
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234921
> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/548
>
> * CSS pseudoclasses :focus-visible and :focus-within
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268225
> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/475
>
> * Improve property system to facilitate correct usage (minus the binary
> incompatible API change)
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268642
> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/590 (Draft)
>
> And maybe the following:
>
> * Add CSS themes as a first-class concept (need a consensus on how to
> proceed)
>
> * Undecorated interactive stage style (still in early discussion, but
> the concept looks interesting and useful)
>
> There are probably others I'm forgetting.
>
> Each of the above should be discussed in their own thread on openjfx-dev
> rather than a reply to this thread.
>
> -- Kevin
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