QListWidget/QTreeWidget, etc selected item color

[Arthur]

Is there an easy way to change the color of a selected item in QListWidget and QTreeWidget, or do I have to do this by overriding the paint method in an ItemDelegate?

[wysota]

Yes. Use setData() with Qt::TextColorRole.

[jpn]

I think he means the selection color. QItemDelegate uses QPalette::Highlight for drawing the item selection.

QPalette p = treeWidget->palette();
p.setColor(QPalette::Highlight, Qt::red);
// or even different colors for different color groups (states)
// p.setColor(QPalette::Normal, QPalette::Highlight, Qt::green);
// p.setColor(QPalette::Disabled, QPalette::Highlight, Qt::blue);
treeWidget->setPalette(p);

QPalette p = treeWidget->palette();
p.setColor(QPalette::Highlight, Qt::red);
// or even different colors for different color groups (states)
// p.setColor(QPalette::Normal, QPalette::Highlight, Qt::green);
// p.setColor(QPalette::Disabled, QPalette::Highlight, Qt::blue);
treeWidget->setPalette(p);

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[Arthur]

Thanks, it works.

However it does not work when the item is editable
Do you know a solution for that as well?

[wysota]

You probably need to use QPalette::Active colourgroup.