StyledTextArea no longer extends Control

[effad]

StyledTextArea used to derive from javafx.scene.control.Control. In 0.7-M1 it no longer does, thus making it uncombinable with ControlsFX Validation which requires a Control to be passed.

Since StyledTextArea has all the characteristics of a Control it should derive from javafx.scene.control.Control.

[JordanMartinez]

It no longer extends Control because we encountered multiple issues by adhering to that architecture mainly because of the inability to access the view.

See Tomas' comment which summarizes the problem nicely and #205 which explains another issue relating to the view. At the same time, #152 is now doable when it wasn't before.

[JordanMartinez]

Additionally, feature requests like #150 are now easier / possible to implement.

[TomasMikula]

For reasons mentioned by Jordan, extending Control means more trouble than benefits for us. Do you know if there is a good reason why ControlsFX Validation wouldn't work on nodes other than Control?

[effad]

Thanks for the hints. It is clear now that this is not a mere oversight but a planned and reasonable design decision.

As to ControlsFX Validation requiring Control: From a quick glance it looks as if it should also work on any Node and it should just be a matter of adapting a lot of code to do so.

Considering the fact that the current validation stuff from ControlsFX should be improved / replaced anyway (https://bitbucket.org/controlsfx/controlsfx/issues/372/more-flexibility-in-validationsupport) this seems to be the correct end to change.