Control styles not updating

Question

Hello, I'am trying to dynamically update styles of various controls but once the app is visible no further style changes take effect. This has worked on older builds but not on build 42.
When I run the following I get a red TextArea rather than green.
public class Test extends Application{
    @Override public void start(Stage stage) {
        Group root = new Group();
        TextArea obj = new TextArea();
        obj.setPrefWidth(200);
        obj.setPrefHeight(100);
        obj.setTranslateX(200);
        obj.setTranslateY(150);
        obj.setStyle("-fx-background-color:RED;");      
        root.getChildren().add(obj);       
        stage.setTitle("Test");
        stage.setResizable(false);
        stage.setWidth(600);
        stage.setHeight(400);
        Scene scene = new Scene(root);
        scene.setFill(Color.WHITE);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();    
        obj.setStyle("-fx-background-color:GREEN;");
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Test.launch(args);
}

Answer 1

Always good to have a server space somewhere so you can de-bug and test pages before they go live.
Is it possible you disabled CSS in your browser?
Did you save the page as Some_name.html BEFORE linking to the external CSS?
Do a Find (Ctrl+F) for file:// in the source code of your page.  If you find any instances of file:// that usually points to a path on your local hard drive instead of the local site folder.  Resolve this and you should see styles again.
If the answer is NO to all of the above, run your code through the on-line validation tools below my signature, and fix any reported errors.
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