Thank you to all who added additional items that they wish to see for
JavaFX 18. I haven't forgotten about this thread. I'll answer most of
them some time in the next week or so.
Worth noting is that there is limited bandwidth for enhancements. Every
feature has to pull its own weight, meaning we need to factor in the
cost of implementing, reviewing, testing, and maintaining it, as well as
the opportunity cost of not doing something else.
Those enhancements that have reached general consensus, are far enough
along in the process that we have a good idea how much they will "cost",
and have a willing contributor and sponsor (for contributors who are not
Committers), are more likely to make JavaFX 18.
-- Kevin
On 7/30/2021 5:56 AM, Kevin Rushforth 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
