On Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:07:59 GMT, Andy Goryachev <[email protected]> wrote:

>> ### Summary
>> 
>> This PR adds support for controlling tab stops: the `TAB_STOPS` paragraph 
>> attribute and the `defaultTabStops` property in the `RichTextModel`.  
>> 
>> While adding the paragraph attribute is a trivial process, adding a 
>> model-wide property requires adding of a mechanism to support document 
>> properties (something that was originally omitted in the first incubating 
>> release).  Using the document properties, we can now persist not only the 
>> default tab stops, but also provide the version umber for the storage format 
>> provided by the `RichTextFormatHandler`, which will enable support the 
>> format evolution in the future [0].
>> 
>> To showcase the feature, the `RichEditorDemoApp` gains a visual ruler and 
>> additional dialogs and menus.
>> 
>> <img width="822" height="381" alt="Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 14 00 30" 
>> src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/32251846-f11a-4e87-b74a-44c21d629550";
>>  />
>> 
>> 
>> ### Paragraph Attribute
>> 
>> Paragraph-specific tab stops are enabled by:
>> 
>> - `StyleAttributeMap.TAB_STOPS` constant
>> - `StyleAttributeMap.Builder.setTabStops(double ... positions)`
>> 
>> The tab stops are represented by the `TabStops` class which is basically an 
>> immutable list (we can't use List<TabStops> because it makes it impossible 
>> to offer compile-time type safety of `StyleAttribute`).
>> 
>> ### Default Tab Stops
>> 
>> After the last paragraph tab stop, or when no paragraph tab stops is set, 
>> the document provides a way to set default tab stops via the model's 
>> `defaultTabStops` property:
>> 
>> These changes support the new property and other document properties:
>> 
>> - document-wide properties support in the `StyledTextModel` base class
>> - `defaultTabStops` property in the `RichTextModel` and 
>> `RichTextFormatHandler`
>> - document properties `VERSION` and `DEFAULT_TAB_STOPS`
>> - `StyledSegment`: `ofDocumentProperties()` factory, 
>> `getDocumentProperties()`
>> 
>> ### Other Improvements
>> 
>> A number of other improvements were made along with the tab stop related 
>> changes:
>> 
>> - `character()`, `paragraph()`, and `document()` factory methods in the 
>> `StyleAttribute` class
>> - `isCharacterAttribute()`, `isParagraphAttribute()`, and 
>> `isDocumentAttribute()` methods in the `StyleAttribute` class
>> - `RichTextArea`: `documentArea` read-only property
>> 
>> 
>> ### Testing
>> 
>> In addition to the `RichEditorDemoApp`, the standalone Monkey Tester [1] 
>> provides additional options via context menu in the `CodeArea` and 
>> `RichTextArea` pages.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ### References
>> ...
>
> Andy Goryachev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   doc

Two more quick API doc issues I spotted.

modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/model/StyleAttributeMap.java
 line 360:

> 358:     /**
> 359:      * This convenience method returns the value of {@link #TAB_STOPS} 
> attribute, or null.
> 360:      * @return the paragraph alignment attribute value

This looks like a copy/paste error. That should be something like: `@return the 
tab stops attribute value`.

modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/model/StyleAttributeMap.java
 line 668:

> 666:          * @since 27
> 667:          */
> 668:         public Builder setTabStops(double ... positions) {

Minor: there is still an unneeded space before the `...`

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1800#pullrequestreview-4519724068
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1800#discussion_r3431544098
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1800#discussion_r3431549581

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