Hello Swing Community, Swing has a rich set of UI components in the core Java Platform. But it lacks a Date Picker which is a significant gap for many applications and so we are considering revisiting the idea of a Date Picker in core Swing.
The function core of a DatePicker is to let a user select a day [and time?], or range of days [and time ? ], within optional application specified constraints. The JXDatePicker component was previously explored as part of the long defunct external SwingX project. This proposal does not imply reviving JXDatePicker, but being informed by it and date pickers for other platforms. Before even starting on this, we are seeking feedback from the community - Is it of interest ? - Would you use it ? - What features must it have ? - What features are nice to have ? - Do you have any experiences of other date pickers that reinforce those responses ? - Anything else ? If we move forward, we would propose a JEP and also expect that we would deliver it first as a preview feature [1] , so that it may evolve in response to feedback before becoming final. Please let us know your thoughts and suggestions on this proposal. Regards, Tejesh R. JDK client team [1] https://openjdk.org/jeps/12
