css - JavaFX TableView change selected cell colour -

i have javafx tableview , listview , both use custom cell factories. in particular have overridden updateitem method in order bind particular css class based on cell value.

this part of css file:

.tissuecell {     -fx-text-fill: #f5ad11; }  .tissuecell:selected {     -fx-background-color: #f5ad11;     -fx-text-fill: white; }  .significantdatacell {     -fx-background-color: yellow;     -fx-text-fill: black; }  .significantdatacell:selected {     -fx-background-color: white;     -fx-text-fill: black; } 

for listview work flawlessly: text displayed proper colour , when cell selected text becomes white , background filled proper colour.

i experiencing problems tableview instead. when unselected text in cell displayed chosen colour, when cell selected background filled default javafx colour selected table cells background , text colour remains #f5ad11 (it not become white).

the same happens tablecells use .significantdatacell class. cells displayed yellow background , black text, when selected nothing changes, not event background time.

any ideas? did lot of research couldn't find working solution.

by default, tableviews not allow selection of individual cells, allow selection of rows. selector .table-cell:selected never matches cell in default selection mode. in case, need

.table-row-cell:selected .table-cell {     /* style definitions */ } 

or in scenario

.table-row-cell:selected .tissue-cell {     -fx-background-color: #f5ad11;     -fx-text-fill: white; } 

etc.

if allow table use cell selection, calling

mytableview.setcellselectionenabled(true); 

then individual cells become selected on mouse click (etc), , original css work.