Eclipse e(fx)clipse™ 2.0.0

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Compatibility

This release is breaking APIs of selected APIs. For a complete list of API breaks you should consult this bugzilla-query.

Target Environments

The target environments for:

  • Tooling
    • Windows + Java8 32/64bit
    • OS-X +Java8 64bit
    • Linux + Java8 32/64bit (JavaFX Preview only when running with Gtk2)
  • Runtime
    • Windows + Java8u40
    • OS-X + Java8u40
    • Linux + Java8u40

 

Themes

Easier usage of JavaFX in OSGi

The 1.x way of integrating JavaFX into OSGi required users to run with an OSGi-Adapter hook and required developers to make package imports for javafx. In 2.x we decided that this is too cumbersome and needs to be improved. So now we simply rely on Equinox starting with a "-Dorg.osgi.framework.bundle.parent=ext"
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A new lightweight dialog API

Many e4 on JavaFX applications request a lightweight API to show dialogs in e4 applications. Lightweight dialags allow people to use fancy animations provide better usability compared to heavyweight dialogs
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