JavaFX stylesheet not applied when fxml loaded node is added as a child

Question

I have an fxml file that references a css file. When I load this fxml and set it as the root of my scene, the css is applied nicely.

However when I create a custom Region (with getChildren made public), and add the loaded fxml node to it, no css is applied anymore.

The css only uses style classes.

What am I missing here?

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I worked around it by using the approach described here: http://www.guigarage.com/2012/11/custom-ui-controls-with-javafx-part-1

It doesn't answer my initial problem but I guess it's a better way of working anyway.

If someone can still explain the behavior of my original question, I'd be happy to hear it.

Answer 1

The problem was that I used the static load(...) method instead of the instance load method from the created FXMLLoader object.