[SOLVED] Different color letters in QComboBox entries

I would like to draw QComboBox items letters in different color. Lets assume that I have "Test12" entry and "st" in it I want to be bold red and rest to be plain black.
So to make think easier - "Te<b>st</b>12" (or whichever other tag to mark letters). I created QItemDelegate with paint method.

Code:

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inline void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option,
		const QModelIndex &index ) const
	{
		int correction(0);
		QStyleOptionViewItemV4 myOption = option;
		QPalette standard_color = myOption.palette;
		QPalette special_color = myOption.palette;
		myOption.textElideMode = Qt::ElideNone;
		QFontMetrics font_metric(myOption.font);
		special_color.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(Qt::red));
 
		QString text = "Teno<b>st</b>1989";
		int start_pos(0), prev_pos(0), current_width(0);
		std::string word;
		while((start_pos=text.indexOf(start_tag, prev_pos))>=0)
		{
			myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos, start_pos-prev_pos);
			//draw in standard color
			myOption.palette = standard_color;
			myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
			myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text)+correction);
			QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
			current_width += myOption.rect.width();
			prev_pos = start_pos+start_tag.size();
 
			start_pos=text.indexOf(end_tag, prev_pos);
			myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos, start_pos-prev_pos);
			myOption.palette = special_color;
			myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
			myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text)+correction);
			QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
			current_width += myOption.rect.width();
			prev_pos = start_pos+end_tag.size();
		}
		myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos);
		myOption.palette = standard_color;
		myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
		myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text));
		QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
	}

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Unfortunately - CE_ItemViewItem do not only write text but also frame. I tried QStyle::drawItemText, but I'm still not satisfied. How else could I do it?

What about letting CE_ItemViewItem not see any text, i.e. keeping myOption.text empty, and the drawing the text yourself?

Cheers,
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Yes, this approach do what I expect.