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    Default Setting text color on QLabel

    Qt 4.0.1: What methods can I use for setting the text color on a QLabel item? I can easily change the font, font size, the text itself and the alignment of the label but not the text colour.

    Edit:
    Ok, I managed to change the colour of the label by creating a new palette for it, but I want to change the colour of the text only, not whole labels.
    Last edited by Yorma; 13th January 2006 at 12:42.

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Did you try using
    Qt Code:
    1. somelabel->setText("<font color='red'>Some text</font>");
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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by wysota
    Did you try using
    Qt Code:
    1. somelabel->setText("<font color='red'>Some text</font>");
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    That did it, thank you. How about if i want to change the colour on run time, do I just set the color again like for example:
    Qt Code:
    1. somelabel->setText("<font color='Blue'>Some text</font>");
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    Or is there an alternative way of doing it? Can the "<font color='Blue'>" be replaced with an constant value or a class member?

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    It is just a string, you can replace it however and whenever you want.

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by wysota
    It is just a string, you can replace it however and whenever you want.
    Thanks!

    I'm kinda unfamiliar with that HTML style markup. How can I set the text for the label to be taken from for example QString or QTime with that kind of color color setting? How do I wrap it so that it does not show you the variables name, but what is stored in them instead?

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by Yorma
    How do I wrap it so that it does not show you the variables name, but what is stored in them instead?
    Qt Code:
    1. QString colour; // you can use also QColor
    2. QString text;
    3. // ...
    4. QString template = tr("<font color='%1'>%2</font>");
    5. somelabel->setText( template.arg( colour, text ) );
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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Qt Code:
    1. QString colour; // you can use also QColor
    2. QString text;
    3. // ...
    4. QString template = tr("<font color='%1'>%2</font>");
    5. somelabel->setText( template.arg( colour, text ) );
    Don't use template it's a keyword
    Last edited by sunil.thaha; 14th January 2006 at 06:00.
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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by sunil.thaha
    Don't use template it's a keyword
    Good point, I didn't notice that.

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by jacek
    Qt Code:
    1. QString colour; // you can use also QColor
    2. QString text;
    3. // ...
    4. QString fonttemplate = tr("<font color='%1'>%2</font>");
    5. somelabel->setText( fonttemplate.arg( colour, text ) );
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreyGeek
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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by wysota
    Did you try using
    Qt Code:
    1. somelabel->setText("<font color='red'>Some text</font>");
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    hi i tried this code but fails to get any result...

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    Default Re: Setting text color on QLabel

    Quote Originally Posted by mahe2310
    hi i tried this code but fails to get any result...
    'Any result'? Meaning, you get a blank label?

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