B4J Code Snippet Add CSS to a ContextMenu added in code

I want to record this before I forget it, so:

A context menu created in code seems to live outside of the MainForm.Rootpane's path when it comes to the CSS. So to add it we need to add it to the MainForm.RootPanes scene.

B4X:
    Dim JO As JavaObject = MainForm.RootPane
    JO.RunMethodJO("getScene",Null).RunMethodJO("getStylesheets",Null).RunMethod("add",Array(File.GetUri(File.DirAssets,"cmenu.css")))

A working example:


B4X:
Sub Process_Globals
    Private fx As JFX
    Private MainForm As Form
    Private CMenu As ContextMenu
End Sub

Sub AppStart (Form1 As Form, Args() As String)
    MainForm = Form1
 
    CMenu.Initialize("CM")
    'Add the CSS file to the RootPane's Scene
    Dim JO As JavaObject = MainForm.RootPane
     JO.RunMethodJO("getScene",Null).RunMethodJO("getStylesheets",Null).RunMethod("add",Array(File.GetUri(File.DirAssets,"cmenu.css")))
 
    'Add a style class to the context menu
    Dim CMJO As JavaObject = CMenu
    CMJO.RunMethodJO("getStyleClass",Null).RunMethod("add",Array("cmenu"))
 
    'Add some items to the menu
    Dim Text() As String = Array As String("A","B","C")
    For i = 0 To Text.Length - 1
        Dim MItem As MenuItem
        MItem.Initialize(Text(i),"MI")
        CMenu.MenuItems.Add(MItem)
    Next
 
    MainForm.Show
End Sub

'Trigger the context menu from a click on the form
Sub MainForm_MouseClicked (EventData As MouseEvent)
    Dim CMJO As JavaObject = CMenu
    Dim XOffset As Double = -MainForm.RootPane.Width + EventData.X
    Dim YOffset As Double = EventData.Y
    CMJO.RunMethod("show",Array(MainForm.RootPane,"RIGHT",XOffset,YOffset))
 
End Sub
'Respond to the click
Sub MI_Action
    Dim MItem As MenuItem = Sender
    Log(MItem.Text)
End Sub

And some CSS to access the cmenu class we created, in a file (cmenu.css) in the assets directory:

B4X:
.cmenu {
    -fx-background-color: blue;
}
.cmenu .label {
    -fx-font-size: 20px;
    -fx-text-fill: yellow;
}

Now I know where to find it next time.
 
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