Best place for setting stylesheet

[mentalmushroom]

Hello. I am currently styling my application and there are things I would like to clear up. The following sample shows the window with the toolbar on the top. The toolbar contains a widget which is used in order to set custom buttons layout. The issue I noticed is the blue background of the toolbar still visible around the widget although I set margin and padding to zero. Here is the code:



#include <QtGui>

class MainWindow: public QMainWindow
{
public:
MainWindow();
};

MainWindow::MainWindow()
{
QToolBar *toolbar = new QToolBar;
toolbar->setObjectName("mainToolbar");
toolbar->setMovable(false);
toolbar->setFloatable(false);
toolbar->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);

QWidget *widg = new QWidget;
widg->setObjectName("toolbarWidget");
widg->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);

QHBoxLayout *hlay = new QHBoxLayout;

QPushButton *btn1 = new QPushButton("Rosencrantz");
QPushButton *btn2 = new QPushButton("Guildenstern");

hlay->addWidget(btn1);
hlay->addWidget(btn2);

widg->setLayout(hlay);

toolbar->addWidget(widg);
addToolBar(toolbar);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

// Moving this line to the place after MainWindow creation fixes unwanted padding,
// but may produce really weird results on Mac OS X when styling combobox drop-down area.
app.setStyleSheet("QToolBar#mainToolbar { background: blue; border: 1px solid yellow; margin: 0px; padding 0px; } "
" QWidget#toolbarWidget { background: green; border: 1px solid red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } ");


MainWindow mainWindow;
mainWindow.show();

return app.exec();
}



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Is there something wrong in the code or the stylesheet?

I've noticed that if I apply the stylesheet when GUI is already created, the issue disappears.

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From the other side, applying stylesheet when GUI is created may produce weird results on Mac OS X, e.g. when styling combobox drop-down area. So I would like to know what is the recommended place for setting stylesheet - before or after creating GUI?