Dear Andy, others, Thank you for your feedback. Yes, having a one-line TextArea, mocking up a TextField, that contains a longer text with some sub-strings being able to style is enough for my use-case.
Anyhow, I agree with others that having the possibility to "style" parts of other controls like Label, TextField, etc would be very astonishing. This might introduce a lot of complexity, I guess. Having said that, this would offer a unique selling point and go beyond what other external libraries did. Anyhow, this would most probably facilitate such work in the future. Best, -- Daniel On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM Andy Goryachev <andy.goryac...@oracle.com> wrote: > Dear Daniel: > > > > Thank you for your kind words! > > > > Re: StyledTextArea/TextField. > > > > This is a very interesting question. It is definitely out of scope right > now, but we can certainly talk about it. > > > > One major difference between the new control and the regular > TextField/TextArea is that we add a separate rich text model, while > TextField/Area expose a String 'text' property. We could think of using > the same model, or constructing some kind of StyledDocument, but in any > case it won't be a drop-in replacement for TextField/TextArea. > > > > The other aspect is the visuals. Whereas a StyledTextArea might require > the same kinds of surrounding toolbars and controls to function as a > useable editor (font, style, color, etc.), how would a StyledTextField look? > > > > At the same time, it is possible to easily configure RichTextArea to look > like a styled text area or one-line styled text field. It is also possible > that another use case exists which requires a dedicated control? > > > > > > Re: spell checker. > > > > Yes, there is a way to add a "squiggly line", see here: > > > https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextArea.md#creating-a-paragraph > > > > At this moment, this functionality is not a part of any standard model, > but is certainly possible. > > > > It might be also possible to add a similar functionality to the regular > TextField/TextArea using public APIs, simply by adding a "squiggly" line > shape over the standard control. Just a thought. > > > > What do you think? > > > > -andy > > > > > > > > *From: *Daniel Peintner <daniel.peint...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 03:07 > *To: *Andy Goryachev <andy.goryac...@oracle.com> > *Cc: *openjfx-dev@openjdk.org <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org> > *Subject: *[External] : Re: Proposal: RichTextArea Control (Incubator) > > Hi Andy, others, > > > > I highly appreciate and welcome the effort of a built-in RichTextArea 👍. > > > > A question that popped up in my mind is whether this work might include > work in the area of *rich* TextField also? Probably it is out of scope. > Anyhow, JavaFX Textfields are used in even more areas in UI controls like > in tables etc and having the possibility to style them would be similarly > convincing. > > > > As you might know, some alternative *external* solutions like RichTextFX > do provide next to StyleClassedTextArea also StyleClassedTextField. > > > > Anyway, thank you very very much for the continuous development. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > -- Daniel > > > > P.S: Maybe just one line about the use case I have in mind. We do offer > (based on RichTextFX) the ability to do "spell checking" on text (like you > know from all word processors). A red underline shows a possible mistake > and a ContextMenu offers fixes. This red line is therefore needed for text > in TextArea but also for text in TextField > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM Andy Goryachev <andy.goryac...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > Dear JavaFX developers: > > > > We would like to propose a new feature - rich text control, RichTextArea, > intended to bridge the functional gap with Swing and its > StyledEditorKit/JEditorPane. The main design goal is to provide a control > that is complete enough to be useful out-of-the box, as well as open to > extension by the application developers. > > > > This is a complex feature with a large API surface that would be nearly > impossible to get right the first time, even after an extensive review. We > are, therefore, introducing this in an incubating module, > *javafx.incubator.richtext*. This will allow us to evolve the API in > future releases without the strict compatibility constraints that other > JavaFX modules have. > > > > Please take a look at the proposal [0], a list of discussion points [1], > and the API Specification (javadoc) [2]. While the proposed API is ready > for review, it isn't complete nor set in stone. We are looking for > feedback, and will update the proposal based on the suggestions we receive > from the community. We encourage you to comment either in the mailing > list, or by leaving comments inline in a draft pull request [3]. For > context, the links to the original RFE [4] and a list of missing APIs > related to rich text [5] are provided below. > > > > Sincerely, > > Your friendly JavaFX development team. > > > > > > References > > > > > > [0] Proposal: > https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextArea.md > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextArea.md__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!IlQ3CEOYq-2crYaLlWlt1Ew42B_xiNLnZcLfQ3wun2P4L_fRBJamLh4bu85KnkYW5vrsEW9AOHTpAEdsMKsAlCdn-SoW9xQ$> > > [1] Discussion points: > https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextAreaDiscussion.md > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextAreaDiscussion.md__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!IlQ3CEOYq-2crYaLlWlt1Ew42B_xiNLnZcLfQ3wun2P4L_fRBJamLh4bu85KnkYW5vrsEW9AOHTpAEdsMKsAlCdn8rIp1eU$> > > [2] API specification (javadoc): > https://cr.openjdk.org/~angorya/RichTextArea/javadoc > > [3] Draft Pull Request for API comments and feedback: > https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1374 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1374__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!IlQ3CEOYq-2crYaLlWlt1Ew42B_xiNLnZcLfQ3wun2P4L_fRBJamLh4bu85KnkYW5vrsEW9AOHTpAEdsMKsAlCdnd7ZTRlQ$> > > [4] RichTextArea RFE: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8301121 > > [5] Missing APIs related to rich text control: > https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8300569 > > > >
