Looking at the com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/resources/controls package there's not extra properties file for en nor one for en_UK.
Wild guess you can fix this is that you put such a properties file in exactly this package of of your application and it will be picked up. Tom On 16.10.14 14:06, Michael Berry wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to get the JavaFX controls (specifically the ColorPicker) to > display British English labels, that is "Colour" instead of "Color", but > don't seem to be getting anywhere - do I need to do anything more than > setting the default Locale? > > For instance: > > public void start(Stage primaryStage) { > Locale.setDefault(Locale.UK); > primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(new ColorPicker())); > primaryStage.show(); > } > > ...gives me the ColorPicker with the US spelling of color. (Setting the > locale to other languages seems to work fine.) > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Michael >