There is clearly a bug there somewhere. Would you mind filing an issue on javafx-jira.kenai.com?
On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:51 AM, ngalarn...@abinitio.com wrote: > Hi David, > > I have stylesheet SWITCHING working fine. I can switch between 2 different > stylesheets on disk without tearing down & rebuilding my Scene. To do this > I simply do: > scene.stylesheets.clear() > scene.stylesheets.add(differentStylesheet) > and the changes show up immediately (I'm assuming those 2 lines cause a > .css recalculation & a pulse). > > I would like to get stylesheet RELOADING to work in my JavaFX 8 app. By > this I mean picking up changes in a single .css file. This would allow the > developers to tweak the stylesheet & reload to see the effects > immediately. > > Unfortunately, it feels like the Filename of the stylesheet is the Key in > a cache that isn't getting cleared by my code above. Nothing visible > happens when I do: > scene.stylesheets.clear() > scene.stylesheets.add(sameStylesheet) > > Given your description below, my impression is that RELOADING should also > work... > > Thank you for any suggestions, > > Neil > > > > > From: David Grieve <david.gri...@oracle.com> > To: Werner Lehmann <lehm...@media-interactive.de> > Cc: openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net > Date: 12/10/2013 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: Reloading stylesheets > Sent by: openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net > > > > The way it works in 8.0 is that there is a cache of loaded stylesheets. > When a scene or parent adds a stylesheet, the stylesheet is added to the > cache. Any other scene or parent that uses the same stylesheet will get > the one from cache. If a scene or parent later removes the stylesheet, the > stylesheet is removed from the cache and the css style cache for any scene > or parent that referenced that stylesheet is cleared (since the set of > styles may have changed). Any scene or parent that referenced the now > removed stylesheet is told to reapply its styles. Since the stylesheet is > no longer in cache, it will be re-parsed (or reloaded if there is a binary > version of the stylesheet) when it is called for by a scene or parent. > > The way it worked in 2.x was an abomination. > > On Dec 10, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Werner Lehmann > <lehm...@media-interactive.de> wrote: > >> Interesting. Assuming the stylesheets are still cached, how would it > know when to reload and not use the cached sheet? Or has sheet processing > been optimized so much that caching is not necessary anymore... >> >> On 10.12.2013 16:15, Tom Schindl wrote: >>> No on FX8 you need to remove and readd them! So the only thing > different >>> is that you omit the reload-call on FX8. > > > > > > NOTICE from Ab Initio: This email (including any attachments) may contain > information that is subject to confidentiality obligations or is legally > privileged, and sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege. If > received in error, please notify the sender, delete this email, and make > no further use, disclosure, or distribution.
