It is mainly an issue when trying to run a JavaFX app natively (GraalVM, Gluon). You can not have AWT in your classpath when compiling to native code. It is not supported. Dirk
> Am 15.11.2023 um 20:31 schrieb David Alayachew <davidalayac...@gmail.com>: > > My bigger question is asking what you lose by having AWT in JavaFX. Is there > something fundamentally problematic about it that its removal would > solve/alleviate a problem? > > Whereas on the other hand, AWT has some very useful libraries that are in use > by nearly all Java GUI frameworks. For example, if you want to do anything > really complex with 2D Image work, you will inevitably end up using > java.awt.BufferedImage. It's simple, but very fast. > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 12:18 PM Dirk Lemmermann <dlemmerm...@gmail.com > <mailto:dlemmerm...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> 3D: unfortunately that is completely out of my comfort zone … for this >> feature request I am merely the messenger. >> AWT: I was thinking that this is mostly a refactoring and probably code >> duplication? >> >> Dirk >> >>> Am 15.11.2023 um 14:28 schrieb Nir Lisker <nlis...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:nlis...@gmail.com>>: >>> >>>> 3D line and point primitives >>> >>> I filed https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8316398 for this already. As >>> noted, it requires a somewhat complex computation for intersections and >>> possibly for contains. If you would like to write these Mesh classes, like >>> the current TriangleMesh, I can write the rest. >>> >>>> removal of AWT >>> >>> Isn't that *a lot* of work? All the image IO is AWT, no? >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:48 AM Dirk Lemmermann <dlemmerm...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:dlemmerm...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> I already mentioned this at the JavaFX BOF at DEVOXX and also posted this >>>> on Twitter but wanna make sure it gets the visibility it deserves: >>>> >>>> All I want for Christmas is … / what I think is needed for JavaFX going >>>> forward ... >>>> >>>> - removal of AWT >>>> - a tray API (tray icon) >>>> - undecorated interactive stage style >>>> - blur support for stages >>>> - WebP image format support >>>> - native embedded browser (Chromium) >>>> - 3D line and point primitives >>>> - injection support in FXML for custom controls >>>> - TableView improvements, aka. TableView2 >>>> >>>> (order of items does not imply priority) >>>> >>>> Dirk >>>> >>
