How to get text with outlines

Hi guys,

i have a question:
I have a table

QTableWidget* m_ErgebnisTabelle;

This table will be shown in the GUI in a tabWidget.
In this itembased table , i will show some result values of some calculations.

QTableWidgetItem * protoitem = new QTableWidgetItem(aktuellesItem);

The text os white. But i want a text with a black outline.
I found a solution: https://www.qtcentre.org/threads/341...ent-background
In this solution a paintevent is used, but with a defined text. i have different values after every calculation.
And this post is 9 years old, maybe there is now another way to handle this - i dont know.

Here some code snippets, of how i setup and plot the table. The only thing missing, is the outlines.

Code:

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void Ergebnisse::setupLayout()
{
    m_ergebnisLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
 
    QTabWidget* tabWidget = new QTabWidget();
    m_ergebnisLayout->addWidget(tabWidget);
 
    m_ErgebnisTabelle = new QTableWidget(1, 3, this);
    QStringList header = {"ID","Ergebnis A","Ergebnis B"};
    m_ErgebnisTabelle->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(header);
    m_ErgebnisTabelle->verticalHeader()->hide();
 
    QVBoxLayout* tab_vLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
    tab_vLayout->addWidget(m_ErgebnisTabelle);
 
    QWidget* tableTab = new QWidget();
    tableTab->setLayout(tab_vLayout);
    tabWidget->addTab(tableTab, "Tabelle");
 
	.... more tabs  ....
}
 
 
 
void Ergebnisse::plotErgebnisTabelle(QStringList header)
{
    m_ErgebnisTabelle->clear();
    int numberItems = m_alleErgebnisse.size();
 
    int rowCount = 0;
    QMapIterator<int,QPair<double,double>> iter_erg(m_alleErgebnisse);
    while (iter_erg.hasNext()){
        iter_erg.next();
        for(int i = 0; i < header.size(); i++){
            QString aktuellesItem;
            if(i == 0){
                aktuellesItem = QString::number(iter_erg.key());
            }
            else if(i == 1)
            {
                double aktuellerWert = iter_erg.value().first;
                aktuellesItem = (QString::number(aktuellerWert));
            }
			else
            {
                double aktuellerWert = iter_erg.value().second;
                aktuellesItem = (QString::number(aktuellerWert));
            }				
 
            QTableWidgetItem * protoitem = new QTableWidgetItem(aktuellesItem);
            protoitem->setTextAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
            m_ErgebnisTabelle->setItem(rowCount,i,protoitem);
        }
        rowCount++;
    }
}

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The text os white. But i want a text with a black outline.

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Are you talking about the grid lines in the table? Look at QTableView::gridStyle() and QTableView::showGrid(). If you want to draw specific cells in your table with an outline around the text (to highlight them or give special emphasis), you will probably have to create a custom QAbstractItemDelegate to draw the text they way you want. I am not sure you can do that easily with a QTableWidget, but you can with a QTableView and QAbstractTableModel.

Thanks for your answer.
I want to outline the text, not the grid lines.
So instead of a QTableWidgetItem, i have to try it with a AbstractItemDelegate ?

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So instead of a QTableWidgetItem, i have to try it with a AbstractItemDelegate ?

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QTableWidget / QTableWidgetItem are there for convenience, when you just want to display text or something else that is simple, so you don't have to go to the work of using a QTableView and QAbstractTableModel. If you want something fancier than what QTableWidgetItem can do, you probably need a delegate. Look at the Stars Delegate example for how to implement customized painting for a cell that persists after the user has stopped editing the cell.


If your table is display- (read-) only (or the cells you want to highlight are display only), then you may be able to use a cell widget (QTableWidget::setCellWidget()) containing a QLabel. QLabel inherits from QFrame, which allow you to place a border around it.