Classpath-relative URLs in CSS

[David Grieve]

URLs in a stylesheet are relative to the stylesheet itself. This is per W3C standard. 

On May 31, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Werner Lehmann wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> last month I learned that FXML can process absolute paths (relative to
> the root of the classpath, see quoted portion below). It would be nice to have the same in css as well:
> 
>> -fx-background-image: url("/some/source/folder/arrow.png");
> 
> Currently I have to do this instead:
> 
>> -fx-background-image: url("../../../arrow.png");
> 
> And when the css file is moved to a different package I have to remember
> to update the relative urls. Also, it does not seem to work with
> resources inherited from a dependency project (might be an Eclipse issue
> but I suppose it would work if the class loader was used).
> 
> The css reference says:
> 
>> "/com/wicked/cool/resources/styles.css" is treated as
>> "com/wicked/cool/resources/styles.css". This is consistent with FXML.
> 
> It seems logical to support this not only for the stylesheet but also for urls in the stylesheet, just like urls in FXML...
> 
> Rgds
> Werner
> 
> 
> On 23.04.2012 18:40, Greg Brown wrote:
>>> Correct me if I am wrong but today FXML seems to support relative
>>> paths only. For instance, if I have a shared image resource
>>> "warning.png" in the root of the classpath, I have to specify it
>>> like "../../../../warning.png" in the FXML, depending on which
>>> package the FXML is in.
>> 
>> Currently, you can specify either a relative path (e.g.
>> "../../warning.png") or an absolute path (relative to the classpath;
>> e.g. "/warning.png") in FXML. This works for includes, script files,
>> and attributes with a leading "@" symbol.
>> 
>> G


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