Oracle's Java SE 8u40 update release notes document identifies several new JavaFX features in its discussion of this update's various enhancements and bug fixes. The new features include accessibility support, standard and custom dialogs, a spinner control, and support for text formatting. In this post, I introduce you to these features.
The BIG Delay
I had planned to complete this blog post several months ago when Java SE 8u40 was current. However, I got tied up writing Java I/O, NIO and NIO.2 for Apress.