diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52105585c0f..0e353a4f2e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - We improved the performance when pasting and importing entries in an existing library. [#11843](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11843)
 - When fulltext search is selected but indexing is deactivated, a dialog is now shown asking if the user wants to enable indexing now [#9491](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9491)
 - We changed instances of 'Search Selected' to 'Search Pre-configured' in Web Search Preferences UI. [#11871](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11871)
+- We added a new CSS style class `main-table` for the main table. [#11881](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11881)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
index 14ae1873d4a..49d581717c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ TextFlow > .hyperlink:visited,
     -fx-underline: true;
 }
 
-
 .glyph-icon {
     /* This adjusts text alignment within the bounds of text nodes so that
        the text is always vertically centered within the bounds. Based on
@@ -1517,4 +1516,221 @@ We want to have a look that matches our icons in the tool-bar */
     -fx-background-color: transparent;
 }
 
+/* endregion */
+
+/* region: maintable css */
+
+
+.main-table .column-icon {
+    -fx-alignment: baseline-center;
+    -fx-padding: 0;
+}
+
+.main-table .column-header.column-icon > .label {
+    -fx-padding: 0;
+    -fx-alignment: baseline-center;
+}
+
+.main-table .empty-special-field {
+    visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:hover .empty-special-field {
+    visibility: visible;
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-gray-2;
+    -fx-fill: -jr-gray-2;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:dragOver-bottom {
+    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
+    -fx-border-width: 0 0 2 0;
+    -fx-padding: 0 0 -2 0;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:dragOver-center {
+    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
+    -fx-border-width: 1 1 1 1;
+    -fx-padding: -1 -1 -1 -1;
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-drag-target-hover;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:dragOver-top {
+    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
+    -fx-border-width: 2 0 0 0;
+    -fx-padding: -2 0 0 0;
+}
+
+/** even and odd are swapped around somehow. Below "odd" matches lines 2, 4, ... **/
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-1-even;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-1-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-match-1-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-1-odd;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:selected,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused:hover,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-2-even;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-2-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-match-2-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:odd {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-2-odd;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:odd:selected,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:odd:focused,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:odd:focused:hover,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:odd:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-3-even;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-3-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:focused > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:focused:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-match-3-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:odd {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-3-odd;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:odd:selected,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:odd:focused,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:odd:focused:hover,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:focused:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:matching-groups-not-search:odd:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
+}
+
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-4-even;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-4-text-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:hover > .table-cell {
+    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-match-4-text-color;
+}
+.main-table.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-4-odd;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:selected,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused:hover,
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
+}
+.main-table .table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
+}
+
+.rating > .container {
+    -fx-spacing: 2;
+}
+
+.rating > .container > .button {
+    -fx-pref-width: 16;
+    -fx-pref-height: 10;
+    -fx-background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;
+    -fx-background-size: 16 16;
+    -fx-border-style: none;
+    -fx-border-width: 0;
+    -fx-padding: 0;
+}
+
+.rating > .container > .button.strong {
+
+}
+
+.rating > .container > .button:hover {
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(three-pass-box, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6), 8, 0.0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+
 /* endregion */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css
deleted file mode 100644
index f468033b854..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-.column-icon {
-    -fx-alignment: baseline-center;
-    -fx-padding: 0;
-}
-
-.column-header.column-icon > .label {
-    -fx-padding: 0;
-    -fx-alignment: baseline-center;
-}
-
-.empty-special-field {
-    visibility: hidden;
-}
-
-.table-row-cell:hover .empty-special-field {
-    visibility: visible;
-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-gray-2;
-    -fx-fill: -jr-gray-2;
-}
-
-.table-row-cell:dragOver-bottom {
-    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
-    -fx-border-width: 0 0 2 0;
-    -fx-padding: 0 0 -2 0;
-}
-
-.table-row-cell:dragOver-center {
-    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
-    -fx-border-width: 1 1 1 1;
-    -fx-padding: -1 -1 -1 -1;
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-drag-target-hover;
-}
-
-.table-row-cell:dragOver-top {
-    -fx-border-color: -jr-drag-target;
-    -fx-border-width: 2 0 0 0;
-    -fx-padding: -2 0 0 0;
-}
-
-/** even and odd are swapped around somehow. Below "odd" matches lines 2, 4, ... **/
-
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-1-even;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-1-text-color;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
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-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:hover > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-match-1-text-color;
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-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
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-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-1-odd;
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-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:selected,
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused,
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused:hover,
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-and-groups:odd:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
-}
-
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-2-even;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-match-2-text-color;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-focused-text-base-color;
-}
-.table-row-cell:matching-search-not-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell {
-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
-}
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-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-maintable-focused-hover-text;
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-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover > .table-cell > .ikonli-font-icon {
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-    -fx-text-fill: -jr-hover-text;
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-    -fx-icon-color: -jr-hover-text;
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-    -fx-background-color: -jr-match-4-odd;
-}
-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:selected,
-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused,
-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:focused:hover,
-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:focused:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-selected;
-}
-.table-row-cell:not-matching-search-and-groups:odd:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: -jr-hover;
-}
-
-.rating > .container {
-    -fx-spacing: 2;
-}
-
-.rating > .container > .button {
-    -fx-pref-width: 16;
-    -fx-pref-height: 10;
-    -fx-background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;
-    -fx-background-size: 16 16;
-    -fx-border-style: none;
-    -fx-border-width: 0;
-    -fx-padding: 0;
-}
-
-.rating > .container > .button.strong {
-
-}
-
-.rating > .container > .button:hover {
-    -fx-effect: dropshadow(three-pass-box, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6), 8, 0.0, 0, 0);
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java
index e8939f9aec8..4a94fd56b5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model,
         this.setOnDragOver(this::handleOnDragOverTableView);
         this.setOnDragDropped(this::handleOnDragDroppedTableView);
 
+        this.getStyleClass().add("main-table");
+
         MainTableColumnFactory mainTableColumnFactory = new MainTableColumnFactory(
                 database,
                 preferences,
@@ -185,8 +187,6 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model,
         // Enable sorting
         model.getEntriesFilteredAndSorted().comparatorProperty().bind(this.comparatorProperty());
 
-        this.getStylesheets().add(Objects.requireNonNull(MainTable.class.getResource("MainTable.css")).toExternalForm());
-
         // Store visual state
         new PersistenceVisualStateTable(this, mainTablePreferences.getColumnPreferences()).addListeners();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/search/SearchResultsTable.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/search/SearchResultsTable.java
index 5bb4049ecae..76ebb2cff26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/search/SearchResultsTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/search/SearchResultsTable.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.DialogService;
 import org.jabref.gui.StateManager;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.BibEntryTableViewModel;
-import org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableColumnFactory;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTablePreferences;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.PersistenceVisualStateTable;
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ public SearchResultsTable(SearchResultsTableDataModel model,
                               TaskExecutor taskExecutor) {
         super();
 
+        this.getStyleClass().add("main-table");
+
         MainTablePreferences mainTablePreferences = preferences.getMainTablePreferences();
 
         List<TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, ?>> allCols = new MainTableColumnFactory(
@@ -68,8 +69,6 @@ public SearchResultsTable(SearchResultsTableDataModel model,
         // Enable sorting
         model.getEntriesFilteredAndSorted().comparatorProperty().bind(this.comparatorProperty());
 
-        this.getStylesheets().add(MainTable.class.getResource("MainTable.css").toExternalForm());
-
         // Store visual state
         new PersistenceVisualStateTable(this, preferences.getSearchDialogColumnPreferences()).addListeners();