Andy, thank you for your reply.

I have already provided some examples, but I’ll give one more very simple 
example that clearly illustrates the problem.

I have a library that uses JFX CodeArea. Naturally, all styles are stored in a 
CSS file. Users of this library can customize
how the code is displayed by modifying the styles in the CSS file. Let’s take 
the search feature as an example. In the
CSS file, there is a class:

.search-match {
    -fx-background-color: orange;
}

But the user wants to change not the background color, but the foreground color 
and font weight. So they write:

.search-match {
    -fx-fill: orange;
    -fx-font-weight: bold;
}

And this should work. If it doesn’t, then it’s no longer CSS-based styling.

If, for some reason, the -fx-background-color property cannot be used, an 
alternative property can be introduced,
such as -fx-highlight-color. However, everything else in the example should 
work as described.

Best regards, Pavel

On 5/8/25 21:25, Andy Goryachev wrote:

Pavel:

I think your comments in the ticket are still invisible to me, so I can't 
comment.

About your recent comment in the PR - I have difficulty understanding what you mean.  We 
are not adding methods to "style individual properties".  We are adding methods 
that allow the application to use CSS to style parts of the visual representation of the 
given RichParagraph.

Perhaps if you describe what kind of visual representation you have in mind, we 
can show how to achieve that in the code.

-andy

*From: *openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-r...@openjdk.org> on behalf of PavelTurk 
<pavelturk2...@gmail.com>
*Date: *Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 11:04
*To: *openjfx-dev@openjdk.org <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org>
*Subject: *Re: RFR: 8355774: RichTextArea: provide mechanism for CSS styling of 
highlights

I am not a member of the JavaFX team, but if I may, I’d like to express my 
opinion. I believe that creating separate
methods for styling individual properties is a very problematic and dangerous 
decision.

First, the usefulness of such methods is minimal because when styling is done 
via CSS, the assumption is that
adjusting the CSS file should be sufficient—something that won’t work in this 
case. For example one user for search
result wants to set background color for matches but another one wants to set 
foreground color + weight.
Second, it violates fundamental CSS principles. Third, if these methods are 
added to the API, they cannot later
be removed without breaking backward compatibility.

I wrote about this in detail in the additional information for JDK-8356436, but 
my comment has not yet been approved
by a moderator.

When in doubt, it’s very helpful to see how others are doing it. In RichTextFX, 
special CSS properties were introduced,
which resulted in a consistent standard for applying CSS styles to all 
properties—fully aligned with established CSS norms.

This is my personal opinion, which, of course, can be wrong.

Best regards, Pavel

On 5/8/25 20:46, Andy Goryachev wrote:
> Adding missing APIs related to styling the highlights with CSS:
>
> ![Screenshot 2025-05-07 at 15 08 
53](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e37062b4-9804-40a7-872d-830fe0f584c1)
>
>
>
> Adds methods to the `RichParagraph.Builder`:
>
>
>          /**
>           * Adds a wavy underline (typically used as a spell checker 
indicator) with the specified style name(s).
>           * <p>
>           * The corresponding styles should define CSS properties applicable 
to {@link javafx.scene.shape.Path}.
>           *
>           * @param start the start offset
>           * @param length the end offset
>           * @param css the style name(s)
>           * @return this {@code Builder} instance
>           * @since 25
>           */
>          public Builder addWavyUnderline(int start, int length, String ... 
css) {
>
>
>
>          /**
>           * Adds a highlight with the specified style name(s).
>           * Use translucent colors to enable multiple highlights in the same 
region of text.
>           * <p>
>           * The corresponding styles should define CSS properties applicable 
to {@link javafx.scene.shape.Path}.
>           *
>           * @param start the start offset
>           * @param length the end offset
>           * @param css the style name(s)
>           * @return this {@code Builder} instance
>           * @since 25
>           */
>          public Builder addHighlight(int start, int length, String ... css) {
>
>
>
> Also adding similar methods to the `SimpleViewOnlyStyledModel` class:
>
>
>      /**
>       * Adds a highlight of the given color to the specified range within the 
last paragraph,
>       * with the specified style name(s).
>       *
>       * @param start the start offset
>       * @param length the length of the highlight
>       * @param css the highlight style name(s)
>       * @return this model instance
>       * @since 25
>       */
>      public SimpleViewOnlyStyledModel highlight(int start, int length, String 
... css) {
>
>
>      /**
>       * Adds a wavy underline (typically used as a spell checker indicator)
>       * to the specified range within the last paragraph, with the specified 
style name(s).
>       *
>       * @param start the start offset
>       * @param length the length of the highlight
>       * @param css the highlight style name(s)
>       * @return this model instance
>       * @since 25
>       */
>      public SimpleViewOnlyStyledModel addWavyUnderline(int start, int length, 
String ... css) {
>
> -------------
>
> Commit messages:
>   - tab
>   - css
>
> Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1802/files
>    Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1802&range=00 
<https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1802&range=00>
>    Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8355774
>    Stats: 128 lines in 4 files changed: 110 ins; 8 del; 10 mod
>    Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1802.diff
>    Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/1802/head:pull/1802
>
> PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1802

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