With the 508 refresh on the horizon has their been any thought to improving the accessibility of JavaFx? Thanks
Charles LaPierre Sr. Software Engineer charl...@benetech.org > On Dec 24, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Markus KARG <mar...@headcrashing.eu> wrote: > > Kevin, > > I did a quick survey at TeamFX and asked every member to vote. Here is the > official TeamFX opinion. I hope it is of any worth for you. > > Preface: Besides the ticket IDs you asked to prioritise TeamFX thinks that > the top issue for JDK 9 should be performance, most notably of CSS > processing. If there is one thing that holds back people from adopting > JavaFX 8 for professional use cases, then it is the fact that you can > quickly produce UI freezes of several seconds due to bugs and non-optimal > CSS processing within JavaFX. If there would be a free voting upon features, > TeamFX would replace all the below points if instead we could have JDK 9 > running as fast as it could (i. e. for example create and show more than > 1000 TextFields in less than a second; rotate a canvas containing 1000 > complex paths fluently; and so an). > > Having said that, here is the summary of our survey: > > JIRA Ticket Votes Topic > JDK-8092040 34 Implement Image writers for JavaFX > JDK-8091673 30 Runtime should have a published focus traversal API > for use in custom controls > JDK-8090477 26 Customizable visibility timing for Tooltip > JDK-8090763 22 Public API for Glass's robot functionality > JDK-8089311 21 [TableCell] commit on focus lost not possible in > every case > JDK-8092098 21 [TabPane] Support for draggable tabs > JDK-8091107 16 Add java.awt.Desktop support to javafx > JDK-8144556 16 Add support to allow user specified rendering order > JDK-8145443 16 [Mac] Render directly to NSWIndow rather than via > CALayer for non-applet Stage > JDK-8145154 16 Provide public API support for PerformanceTracker > functionality > JDK-8087516 15 Conditional support in JavaFX for GTK 3 on Linux > JDK-8091517 7 Implement com.apple.eawt APIs that make sense in > JavaFX (FX equivalent for JEP 272) > > Merry Christmas > -Markus (TeamFX) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: openjfx-dev [mailto:openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of > Kevin Rushforth > Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2015 02:27 > To: openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: Re: Update on FX plans for JDK 9 > > Thanks to everyone who has commented on this. With the winter holidays > upon us, we will respond to feedback and pick this up next year. > > -- Kevin > > > Kevin Rushforth wrote: >> Given the recently announced JDK 9 schedule slip [1], we have taken >> the opportunity to explore what RFE's / Features we could possibly now >> work on for inclusion in JDK 9. We wanted to give you a pre-holiday >> season update on what we are currently thinking. >> >> The following RFEs are in progress or planned for JDK 9: >> >> JDK-8144585: Encapsulate JavaFX impl_* implementation methods >> JDK-8143158: [Text, TextFlow] Make public API from internal "impl" APIs >> JDK-8091308: Define fine-grained permissions for JavaFX >> Expose Hi-DPI properties for render scale and screen scale (FX >> equivalent task for JEP 263 JDK-8055212) >> Multi-resolution image support (FX equivalent task for JEP 251 >> JDK-8046010) >> >> Additionally, we have started to look into making public API for some >> of the impl_* API that will otherwise be hidden by JDK-8144585. See >> Jonathan's earlier e-mail on the subject [2]. Here is what we have so >> far: >> >> JDK-8144628: Provide API to expose list of showing Windows >> JDK-8144625: Expose code and char properties on KeyCode >> JDK-8144962: Promote TableColumn reorderable property to public API >> JDK-8144871: Add default method getStyleableNode to Styleable interface >> JDK-8145143: Promote Image.impl_getUrl() to public API as >> Image.getUrl() >> JDK-8144956: Remove impl_cssGet*InitialValue() methods from Node and >> Labeled >> >> If there are any we have missed that your application depends on, >> please send e-mail to Jonathan. >> >> Finally, here is an updated list of other RFEs we might consider for >> JDK 9. We will not be able to do all of these, but hope to be able to >> do many of them. We could use the help of the OpenJFX community in >> prioritizing this list or possibly adding something that we missed, as >> long as the scope is small enough. >> >> JDK-8091107: Add java.awt.Desktop support to javafx >> JDK-8091517: Implement com.apple.eawt APIs that make sense in JavaFX >> (FX equivalent for JEP 272) >> JDK-8087516: Conditional support in JavaFX for GTK 3 on Linux >> JDK-8092040: Implement Image writers for JavaFX >> JDK-8091673: Runtime should have a published focus traversal API for >> use in custom controls >> JDK-8089311: [TableCell] commit on focus lost not possible in every >> case >> JDK-8090477: Customizable visibility timing for Tooltip >> JDK-8092098: [TabPane] Support for draggable tabs >> JDK-8144556: Add support to allow user specified rendering order >> JDK-8145443: [Mac] Render directly to NSWIndow rather than via >> CALayer for non-applet Stage >> JDK-8145154: Provide public API support for PerformanceTracker >> functionality >> JDK-8090763: Public API for Glass's robot functionality >> >> Let us know what is most important to your application. >> >> We will keep you posted with updates on what exactly is being targeted >> (note that you can track it by looking at the Fix Version in JBS, >> which we strive to keep up-to-date). >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- Kevin >> >> [1] >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2015-December/003237.html >> [2] >> > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2015-December/018338.html > >> >> >
