On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 22:30:53 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Even if it is deprecated for removal, it won't be an instantaneous event. >> We still need to document that, and even go further and add a warning that >> it will be removed, to make sure all the developers have updated their >> stylesheets. >> >> It probably makes more sense just to keep it, for backward compatibility. >> >> I don't think we want some banking application to go haywire when the >> selector gets removed. There is a value in backward compatibility. > > I am not in favor of deprecating this for removal. I can see a possible > argument for simple deprecation (although since it isn't a Java level API, it > isn't clear what that would mean or what the benefit would be), but that > could be done later if there was a desire to pursue it. > > I do think we should continue to documenting it. I've updated the language in cssref L2110: However, the root node of the scene matches the structural pseudo-class :root, as well as the legacy style class "root" (in addition to style classes already assigned to the node). ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1652#discussion_r1907954194
