The following table provides a list of selected features that will be available in the upcoming JavaFX 1.0 release compared with the JavaFX Preview SDK. Please note that some of these features are not fully implemented in the JavaFX Preview SDK.
Upcoming features of | Features available in |
2D Vector Graphics | |
| Geometric Shapes | |
| Strokes with various styles and colors | |
| Paths and Curves | |
2D Effects | |
| Alpha blending and Compositing | |
| Gradients and Fills | |
| Transformations | |
| Texture mapping | |
| Clipping and Masking | |
| Anti-aliasing | |
Media | |
| Native audio codecs | |
| Native video codes | |
| Cross platform High-quality Audio codecs | |
| Cross-platform High-quality Video codecs | |
| HTTP streaming of audio and video | |
| Media transcoders | |
Text Support | |
| Rich text | |
| True Type fonts support | |
| Multi-launguage | |
| Kerning, character spacing | |
Animation | |
| Standard animation | |
| Key frame animation | |
| Path based animation | |
UI Controls | |
| Basic form controls | |
| Advanced UI controls | |
| Skinning for UI controls | |
Input Devices | |
| Key based events | |
| Mouse based events | |
Data Handling | |
| Filesystem access | |
| Networking | |
| HTTP streaming for media | |
| Data handlers for XML and JSON | |
Supported Platforms | |
| Java SE 1.6 Update 10 on Windows XP, Vista | |
| Java SE 1.6 Update 5 on Mac OS X | |
Application Models | |
| Applets | |
| Applications packaged as JNLP | |
Netbeans IDE Plugin for JavaFX | |
| Project creation wizard | |
| Application packaging for different device profiles | |
| Syntax highlighting | |
| Code completion | |
| Debugger | |
| Profiler | |
Project Nile | |
| Export Adobe Illustrator graphics to JavaFX | |
| Export Adobe Photoshop graphics to JavaFX | |
| Preserve layers information after export | |
| Convert SVG to JavaFX | |
| Better integration with NetBeans | |