public class EffectTest extends Application { public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } @Override public void start(Stage stage) { stage.setTitle("ComboBoxSample"); Scene scene = new Scene(new Group(), 450, 250); TextField notification = new TextField(); final ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu(); contextMenu.setOnShowing((WindowEvent e) -> { System.out.println("showing"); }); contextMenu.setOnShown((WindowEvent e) -> { System.out.println("shown"); }); MenuItem item1 = new MenuItem("About"); item1.setOnAction((ActionEvent e) -> { System.out.println("About"); }); MenuItem item2 = new MenuItem("Preferences"); item2.setOnAction((ActionEvent e) -> { System.out.println("Preferences"); }); contextMenu.getItems().addAll(item1, item2); notification.setContextMenu(contextMenu); GridPane grid = new GridPane(); grid.setVgap(4); grid.setHgap(10); grid.setPadding(new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5)); grid.add(new Label("To: "), 0, 0); grid.add(notification, 2, 3); Text text = new Text(); text.setId("fancytext"); text.setStyle("#fancytext {-fx-fill: white;-fx-font: 120px Harlow; }"); text.setX(20); text.setY(150); grid.add(text, 3, 2); final String cssDefault = "-fx-border-color: blue; " +"-fx-background-color: black;" + "-fx-border-insets: 5; " + "-fx-border- 3; " + "-fx-border-style: dashed; "; //grid.setStyle("-fx-background-color: black;"); grid.setStyle(cssDefault); Group root = (Group) scene.getRoot(); root.getChildren().add(grid); scene.setFill(null); String cssFile1 = this.getClass().getResource("x.css").toExternalForm(); String cssFile2 = this.getClass().getResource("Styles.css").toExternalForm(); String cssFile3 = this.getClass().getResource("/cssStyles/base.css").toExternalForm(); scene.getStylesheets().addAll(cssFile1, cssFile2, cssFile3); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } }