Q: LayoutInfo API?

[andy-goryachev-oracle]

Greetings!

In addition to #380, I have a more specific question. The JavaFX does not offer public APIs for introspection into text layout (in Text/TextFlow), making it difficult to provide e.g. navigation in a custom text component. Would you be interested in taking a look at the LayoutInfo API being proposed?

JEP: https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/main/doc/Text/LayoutInfo.md
PR: openjdk/jfx#1596

• JDK-8341670: [Text,TextFlow] Public API for Text Layout Info (Enhancement - P4)
• JDK-8341672: [Text/TextFlow] getRangeInfo (Enhancement - P4)
• JDK-8341671: [Text/TextFlow] getCaretInfo (Enhancement - P4)

I hope the new API will remove the need for hacks and workarounds you need to implement. If you are interested, I would like to find out

• will it provide sufficient introspection into the text layout?
• did you encounter JDK-8341438 TextFlow: incorrect caretShape(), hitTest(), rangeShape() with non-empty padding/border?
• and how did you solve it? what's your recommendation for whether to fix it, or should we provide a temporary system property for ease of migration?

Thank you in advance,
-andy