QMenu and setStyleSheet

[BobTheProg]

I have a QMenu (myMenu) and I want to use setStyleSheet to set
-- background to yellow
-- menu item text to red when hovered over.

I have tried zillions of alternatives, including

myMenu.setStyleSheet("* {background-color : yellow } *:hover {color : red }");

myMenu.setStyleSheet("* {background-color : yellow } *:hover {color : red }");

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I cannot seem to get the right syntax for this. Any help would be gratefully received.
Bob

[QbelcorT]

hi
Here is my example I used on a QCalendar for the QMenu in it.

QMenu { font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}

QMenu { font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}

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[BobTheProg]

hi
Here is my example I used on a QCalendar for the QMenu in it.

QMenu { font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}

QMenu { font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}

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Thanks for the example. But when I use it like this:

myMenu.setStyleSheet("{ font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}");

myMenu.setStyleSheet("{ font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}");

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I get "Could not parse stylesheet of widget" so it looks as if I am missing something fundamental.

[suslik]

Try:

myMenu.setStyleSheet("QMenu { font-size:18px; width: 150px; color:white; left: 20px; background-color:qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop: 0 #cccccc, stop: 1 #333333);}");

[norobro]

From the docs link

Style sheets consist of a sequence of style rules. A style rule is made up of a selector and a declaration.

You are missing a selector (QMenu or *).

HTH

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[BobTheProg]

It works! I knew it would be something obvious, but many many thanks to the members who took the time to point out the obvious.
Bob