On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 at 16:02, Eric Bresie <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless anyone wants to work on NetBeans.FX ;-)…I figured as much but wanted > to ask.
There was once a project called eFX, that if I remember correctly was a JavaFX version of (parts of) the platform UI? Can't find much info now, but no, not an easy task. There was a whole bunch of discussion around the future of NetBeans' UI when we joined Apache (check the distant archive). About the time rumours of Swing's demise were possibly exaggerated (Java client roadmap v1) :-) I remember suggesting that a future UI of NetBeans might involve Electron, a headless JVM, LSP and HTML4J. Which it kind of has ... Maybe we should build a new UI on top of VSCodium. Maybe it's skija? Who knows. It's a lot of work, and I think NetBeans in its entirety will likely remain Swing. In fact, I'd happily lose the little bit of optional JavaFX dependency we do have, which punches above its weight in issues! Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
