query w.r.t QGroupBox

[nupul]

How do i get the group box title in a larger font and a different color?

How do I change the color/thickness etc of the group box frame?

Thanks

Nupul

[munna]

How do i get the group box title in a larger font and a different color?

I think the title box is a label, so you can use rich text and change the font and color.

How do I change the color/thickness etc of the group box frame?

For this I think you will have to use QStyle.

[nupul]

This is what i did....

Group box is a widget so I set it's palette and I could get a different frame color.
Now the thing is this....The Widget Window's text is set to white and that of the Group box is set to Dark-Yellow. If I change the color of the group box to white....all the window text defaults to black!!! Could anyone explain what is wrong!!!

Thanks

Nupul

[georgie]

can you show us some code?

[nupul]

sure...here's the code...

MyMenuLayout::MyMenuLayout(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
{
	main_layout = new QHBoxLayout;
 
	v_right = new QVBoxLayout;
	v_middle = new QVBoxLayout;
	v_left = new QVBoxLayout;
 
	grpbox_right = new QGroupBox();
	grpbox_middle = new QGroupBox();
	grpbox_left = new QGroupBox();
 
	buttongrp_right = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_right);
	buttongrp_middle = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_middle);
	buttongrp_left = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_left);
 
	connect(buttongrp_left,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(leftGroupButtonClicked(int)));
	connect(buttongrp_middle,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(middleGroupButtonClicked(int)));
	connect(buttongrp_right,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(rightGroupButtonClicked(int)));	
 
	  	//Set layout margins and inter-widget spacing.		
 
		v_right->setMargin(2);
		v_right->setSpacing(3);
 
		v_left->setMargin(2);
		v_left->setSpacing(3);
 
		v_middle->setMargin(2);
		v_middle->setSpacing(3);
 
		//set group box flat for a particular effect.
 
		grpbox_right->setFlat(true);
		grpbox_left->setFlat(true);
		grpbox_middle->setFlat(true);
 
		//set a different frame color for the group boxes
 
		grpbox_right->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));
		grpbox_left->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));
		grpbox_middle->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));
 
 
//	setWindowFlags(Qt::SubWindow|Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
	setWindowTitle("My Menu!");
 
	setFont(QFont("Helvetica", 12, QFont::Bold));
 
	setGeometry(50,50,900,500);
 
	setMenuBackground();
 
}
 
void MyMenuLayout::setMenuBackground()
{
	//read background image
 
	QSettings bg_settings("./mymenu.background",QSettings::IniFormat);
	bg_settings.beginGroup("Menu Background");
 
	QString bg_image = bg_settings.value("menu_bg_img").toString();
 
	palette = QWidget::palette();
 
	//set bg image and button/window colors.
 
	brush = QPixmap(bg_image);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::Window,brush);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::ButtonText, Qt::white);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::Button, Qt::darkBlue);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::white);
	setPalette(palette);
 
 
}

MyMenuLayout::MyMenuLayout(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
{
	main_layout = new QHBoxLayout;

	v_right = new QVBoxLayout;
	v_middle = new QVBoxLayout;
	v_left = new QVBoxLayout;

	grpbox_right = new QGroupBox();
	grpbox_middle = new QGroupBox();
	grpbox_left = new QGroupBox();

	buttongrp_right = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_right);
	buttongrp_middle = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_middle);
	buttongrp_left = new QButtonGroup(grpbox_left);

	connect(buttongrp_left,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(leftGroupButtonClicked(int)));
	connect(buttongrp_middle,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(middleGroupButtonClicked(int)));
	connect(buttongrp_right,SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)),this,SLOT(rightGroupButtonClicked(int)));	

	  	//Set layout margins and inter-widget spacing.		

		v_right->setMargin(2);
		v_right->setSpacing(3);

		v_left->setMargin(2);
		v_left->setSpacing(3);
		
		v_middle->setMargin(2);
		v_middle->setSpacing(3);

		//set group box flat for a particular effect.

		grpbox_right->setFlat(true);
		grpbox_left->setFlat(true);
		grpbox_middle->setFlat(true);

		//set a different frame color for the group boxes

		grpbox_right->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));
		grpbox_left->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));
		grpbox_middle->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkYellow));


//	setWindowFlags(Qt::SubWindow|Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
	setWindowTitle("My Menu!");

	setFont(QFont("Helvetica", 12, QFont::Bold));

	setGeometry(50,50,900,500);

	setMenuBackground();

}

void MyMenuLayout::setMenuBackground()
{
	//read background image

	QSettings bg_settings("./mymenu.background",QSettings::IniFormat);
	bg_settings.beginGroup("Menu Background");
	
	QString bg_image = bg_settings.value("menu_bg_img").toString();

	palette = QWidget::palette();

	//set bg image and button/window colors.

	brush = QPixmap(bg_image);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::Window,brush);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::ButtonText, Qt::white);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::Button, Qt::darkBlue);
	palette.setBrush(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::white);
	setPalette(palette);


}

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