Since I first tested JavaFX 8 (b83) I can't really use my application, due to a StackOverflowError, which is caused by CSS. Now I tested with b101 and it still exists.

Appearently it only occurs with Modena style.

Here's how you can reproduce it (use the menu or select the table row):


    import javafx.application.Application;
    import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
    import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
    import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
    import javafx.scene.Scene;
    import javafx.scene.control.*;
    import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
    import javafx.stage.Stage;
    import javafx.util.Callback;
    public class TestApp extends Application {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            launch();
        }
        @Override
        public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
            MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();
            Menu menu = new Menu("Menu");
            menu.getItems().add(new MenuItem("test"));
            menuBar.getMenus().add(menu);
            TableView<String> tableView = new TableView<String>();
            tableView.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList("String"));
            TableColumn<String, String> tableColumn = new TableColumn<String, String>();
            tableColumn.setCellValueFactory(new Callback<TableColumn.CellDataFeatures<String, String>, ObservableValue<String>>() {
                @Override
                public ObservableValue<String> call(TableColumn.CellDataFeatures<String, String> stringStringCellDataFeatures) {
                    return new SimpleStringProperty(stringStringCellDataFeatures.getValue());
                }
            });
            tableView.getColumns().add(tableColumn);
            VBox vBox = new VBox();
            vBox.getChildren().add(menuBar);
            vBox.getChildren().add(tableView);
            Scene scene = new Scene(vBox);
            scene.getStylesheets().add("/styles.css");
            stage.setScene(scene);
            stage.show();
        }
    }


styles.css:

.root {
        -fx-selection-bar: linear-gradient(to bottom, derive(-fx-background, -7%) 0%, derive(-fx-background, -34%) 100%);
    }



The error is:

    java.lang.StackOverflowError
        at com.sun.javafx.css.SimpleSelector.applies(SimpleSelector.java:236)
        at com.sun.javafx.css.CompoundSelector.stateMatches(CompoundSelector.java:233)
        at com.sun.javafx.css.CompoundSelector.stateMatches(CompoundSelector.java:206)
        at javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper.getStyle(CssStyleHelper.java:702)
        at javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper.resolveRef(CssStyleHelper.java:951)
        at javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper.resolveLookups(CssStyleHelper.java:1022)


I believe the error is, that it can't resolve -fx-background.