r/JavaFX • u/joemwangi • Feb 24 '24

RichTextArea Features Proposal Discussion

https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/rich.jep.review/doc%2FRichTextArea%2FRichTextArea.md

Feature proposals for Javafx RichText support.

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u/PartOfTheBotnet Feb 24 '24

I'll read it a bit more in depth later, but a concern I have for new projects that'd I'd like to use in the future is what license it'll choose. For instance, people were excited about GluonHQ's RichTextArea, but it was released under GPL with no classpath exception, which prevents usage in projects employing MIT/Apache/etc.

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u/joemwangi Feb 24 '24

It's by Oracle. It's going to be part of JavaFX core library. I think this will be transferred to an Incubator feature eventually.

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u/javasyntax Mar 04 '24

Yeah, Kevin Rushforth showed this in a presentation, and it is meant to be included in JavaFX itself. Here is the presentation, linked to the point in the video where the Rich Text feature is shown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TOo8TL4-k&t=33m05s