JDK-8359862 : RichTextArea: add prompt text
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: controls
  • Affected Version: jfx24
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Submitted: 2025-06-17
  • Updated: 2025-10-27
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JDK-8351982 - ☂ RichTextArea (Incubator) Feedback and Bugs in jfx24
Description
Add promptText property similar to javafx.scene.control.TextArea.
Comments
Perhaps it should not be a prompt text but prompt Node (or even Supplier<Node>). For example, it should be possible to add the following prompt: https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/116728/Screenshot%202025-10-27%20at%2015.29.06.png
27-10-2025