Hi list, I put together a prototype of a rich-text editor based on CodeAreaFX:
https://github.com/TomasMikula/CodeAreaFX#2-rich-text-editor Regards, Tomas On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Tomas Mikula <tomas.mik...@gmail.com>wrote: > I made a bunch of improvements to CodeArea [1], most notably two: > 1. line wrapping > 2. arbitrary (generic) style information (instead of just style classes > before). Your style information can be anything, as long as you provide a > way (read lambda function) to either > a) convert it to a CSS string; or > b) apply it directly to a Text node. > > This means that CodeArea can now support a rich-text editor. > > What you might be missing is paragraph-level styles (for e.g. headings, > text alignment) and that Undo now works on plain text, so if you undo an > redo, you lose your style information. These will be coming in the next > year, so you can start hacking your rich-text editor now. > > Regards, > Tomas > > [1] https://github.com/TomasMikula/CodeAreaFX > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Tomas Mikula <tomas.mik...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks, Jonathan. >> >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Jonathan Giles >> <jonathan.gi...@oracle.com> wrote: >> > Tomas, >> > >> > Very nice work! :-) >> > >> > The first step in the process to contribute features / bug fixes back >> > into OpenJFX is to create a Jira issue (or find one that covers the >> > topic). In the case of styled text ranges I don't believe a Jira issue >> > exists, so feel free to open a new issue. This will be the way we can >> > see what is popular and still outstanding in JavaFX, and of course >> > discuss details. >> > >> > I'm not clear on how closely your approach is related to Tom's, but >> > perhaps there is sufficient overlap there that you can collaborate. >> >> I think the main differences are: >> 1. Tom's StyledTextArea assigns styles, while my CodeArea assigns >> style classes. I think my approach is easier to work with, but less >> powerful (you can only use styles pre-defined in a stylesheet, thus >> you can't implement a rich text editor on top of CodeArea). >> 2. StyledTextArea's API assigns styles for the whole content at once, >> CodeArea assigns one range at a time. I think both approaches have >> their use and I plan to add support for batch assignment for >> performance reasons. >> 3. AFAIK, StyledTextArea does not support text selection. >> 4. Compared to TextArea, CodeArea supports detailed change events >> (which part of text was replaced) via TextChangeListener >> ( >> http://tomasmikula.github.io/CodeAreaFX/codearea/control/TextChangeListener.html >> ). >> Not sure about StyledTextArea. >> >> > This >> > may help to improve your API and implementation prior to it being >> > considered for integration into OpenJFX, and will of course help to >> > prevent duplication of effort. >> >> I don't consider the API to be final, quite opposite, I expect changes >> arising from the community and from my own needs. I'm open to feedback >> and suggestions. >> >> Regards, >> Tomas >> >> > >> > Keep up the great work and be sure to keep me in the loop of your >> > progress :-) >> > >> > -- Jonathan >> > >> > On 8/10/2013 2:48 a.m., Tomas Mikula wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I implemented a text control that supports assigning style classes to >> >> portions of text. It is meant to be used for syntax highlighting. >> >> >> >> https://github.com/TomasMikula/CodeAreaFX >> >> >> >> The code is based on the original TextArea code. This implies the >> >> license to be GPLv2 with the Classpath Exception. I would be happy to >> >> contribute it back to the OpenJFX project. >> >> The idea of using a ListView of TextFlows is borrowed from Tom >> >> Schindl's StyledTextArea >> >> (http://fxexperience.com/2013/02/interview-with-tom-schindl-2/). >> >> >> >> Check out the demos and the APIs. Feedback really appreciated. Any >> >> help with the issues >> >> (https://github.com/TomasMikula/CodeAreaFX/wiki/Known-Issues) would be >> >> awesome. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tomas >> > >> > >
