Javafx CSS Some Properties Not Working

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I am having trouble making it so that my nameInput label and passInput label are bolded. My program allows me to do a -fx-text-fill: #FFFFFF; and that works but when i try -fx-font-weight: bold; it wont work or bold my label when the app runs.

Here is my code containing my labels and buttons:

package appGUI;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.Event;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.PasswordField;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;

public class Login extends Application {

    Stage window;
    Button loginButton;
    String user = "test";
    String pw = "test";

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

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
        window = primaryStage;
        window.setTitle("Secret");

        GridPane grid = new GridPane();
        grid.setPadding(new Insets(10,10,10,10));
        grid.setVgap(8);
        grid.setHgap(10);

        // name label
        Label nameLabel = new Label("Enter your name:");
        GridPane.setConstraints(nameLabel, 0, 0);

        // name input
        TextField nameInput = new TextField();
        nameInput.setPromptText("name");
        GridPane.setConstraints(nameInput, 1, 0);

        // password label
        Label passLabel = new Label("Enter the password:");
        GridPane.setConstraints(passLabel, 0, 1);

        // password input
        PasswordField passInput = new PasswordField();
        passInput.setPromptText("password");
        GridPane.setConstraints(passInput, 1, 1);

        // login button
        loginButton = new Button("Enter");
        GridPane.setConstraints(loginButton, 1, 2);
        loginButton.setOnAction(e -> {
            if(nameInput.getText().equals(user) && passInput.getText().equals(pw)) {
                System.out.println("THIS WORKS. YOU FINALLY SOLVED IT!!!!");
          } else {
                AlertBox.display("Error: Access Denied", "Only a special person can access this app");
            }

        });

        grid.getChildren().addAll(nameLabel, nameInput, passLabel, passInput, loginButton); 

        Scene scene = new Scene(grid, 350, 200);
        scene.getStylesheets().add("/appGUI/custom.css");

        window.setScene(scene);
        window.show();

    }
}

And here is the .css file titled "custom.css" that works properly and does everything I wrote except for bold text:

.root {
   -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#707070, #BABABA); 
}

.label {
    -fx-text-fill: #FFFFFF;
    -fx-font-weight: bold;  
}

.button {
    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#00F5FF, #FFA07A);
    -fx-background-radius:10;
}

I have tried almost everything and I can't seem to find the answer to what seems like a really easy problem to fix. My labels just wont bold, but they'll fill with #FFFFFF, and i just want to know why one property works and the other one doesn't!

have the same problem using FXForms2 generated forms. Some properties work, some don't. In my case, Size and Italic works ok, while text-fill color doesnt... — user978548
– user978548, Commented Apr 6, 2017 at 16:48

Juan · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-12 08:00:12Z

5

For some strange reason the default font not necessarily supports all features.

Try:

.label {
    -fx-font-family: "Helvetica";
    -fx-font-weight: bold;
}

If you want to make this change application wide, add it to the scene:

.root {
    -fx-font-family: "Helvetica";
}

scene.getStylesheets().add("pathTo/root.css");

edited Nov 12, 2017 at 8:00

answered Nov 11, 2017 at 20:18

Juan

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3 Comments

Jörg Over a year ago

I am facing the same problem (on MacOS) and "Helvetica" does not help either. With "Arial" it is now working. CSS in JavaFx seems even more black-magic than for the web.

Juan Over a year ago

Dear Jörg, what JavaFx version are you using? Helvetica did work well for me on Mac with Java 8.

Jörg Over a year ago

I am using OpenJFX version 14.0.1.

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