Enhancements for JavaFX 18

[Kevin Rushforth]

Yes, it would be great to finally solve this one. It would need someone 
who is willing and able to to drive it, though.

-- Kevin


On 8/4/2021 2:58 AM, Jeanette Winzenburg wrote:
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> my suggestion would be the longstanding commit-edit-on-focus-lost - 
> solved by an enhancement to the editing api on virtualized controls
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> -- Jeanette
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> Zitat von Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>:
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>> 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.
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>> Specifically, I'd like to see the following proceed:
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>> * Transparent backgrounds in WebView
>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8090547
>> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/563
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>> * Add DirectionalLight
>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234921
>> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/548
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>> * CSS pseudoclasses :focus-visible and :focus-within
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268225
>> PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/475
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>> * 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)
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>> And maybe the following:
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>> * Add CSS themes as a first-class concept (need a consensus on how to 
>> proceed)
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>> * Undecorated interactive stage style (still in early discussion, but 
>> the concept looks interesting and useful)
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>> There are probably others I'm forgetting.
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>> 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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