JavaFX CSS "Resource not found"

Question

When I attempted to change the folder where my css files were located, I got this error:

WARNING: com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager loadStylesheetUnPrivileged Resource "file:/C:/[path-to-project]/Test/resources/css/main.css" not found.

I copied the URL and pasted it into the file manager and it opened the file, so I know it exists.

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    launch(args);
}

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception
{
    primaryStage.setTitle("New Window");

    Scene scene = new Scene(new AnchorPane(), 800, 600);
    primaryStage.setScene(scene);

    URL css = new URL("file:///" + 
            new File("resources/css").getAbsolutePath().replace("\\", "/") + 
            "/main.css");
    scene.getStylesheets().clear();
    scene.getStylesheets().add(css.toExternalForm());

    primaryStage.show();
}

This is my eclipse project layout [also as an image]:

Test
├───src
│   └───com
│       └───Client.java
├───JRE System Library [JavaSE-1.8]
└───resources
    └───css
        └───main.css

I have tried:

scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/resources/css/main.css")); 
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("resources/css/main.css"));
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("../resources/css/main.css"));

I also tried using fxml to add the css files trying:

stylesheets="@../resources/css/main.css"
stylesheets="@/resouces/css/main.css"
stylesheets="@resources/css/main.css

You should add your resources path to your classpath in Eclipse. — lkq
– lkq, Commented Jul 2, 2016 at 23:27
old but for the ocassional reader: For Jigsaw there is a FIXME note in the javafx source: "/ FIXME: JIGSAW -- use Class.getResourceAsStream if resource is in a module". Lets hope they fix that soon. — kai
– kai, Commented Apr 8, 2019 at 20:57

Krzysztof Krasoń · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-02 19:24:22Z

12

Put your main.css file inside resources/com directory (so resources + package of the class loading it) and then you can use a simple (assuming your class is named Client and it is in the com package):

scene.getStylesheets().add(Client.class.getResource("main.css").toExternalForm());

answered Jul 2, 2016 at 19:24

Krzysztof Krasoń

27.7k17 gold badges96 silver badges119 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

JavaFX CSS "Resource not found"

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related