JavaFX 2: How to load stylesheet into a Scene subclass distributed as part of a library?

Question

I\'m subclassing many of the JavaFX 2 classes to distribute them as part of a library that will be used by others. This requires that a stylesheet (part of the library) be a

Answer 1

Finally tracked down the problem to Intellij IDEA CE which, by default, does not recognize css files as a resource that needs to be copied from the source to the target dir. Adding a *.css pattern to list of recognized resource types fixed the problem.

Answer 2

I've only had luck with this syntax as found in the Ensemble sample:

scene.getStylesheets().addAll(Ensemble2.class.getResource("ensemble2.css").toExternalForm());