OK, here is what I'm trying to do.

I want a different frame around my pushbuttons than the one they come with. I have a subclass of QPushButton with the extras added, including their own frame. I'm thinking that I can superimpose a QFrame widget around the QPushButton and set the QFrame parameters as I choose.

Well, I just can't get the QFrames around the QPushButtons to appear.

The "parent" parameter is ui->centralWedget

What am I missing?

Here is the code, first the header, then the source. it's not large.
Qt Code: 
  1. #ifndef	BITBUTTON_H
  2. #define	BITBUTTON_H
  3.  
  4. #include <QtCore>
  5.  
  6. class BitButton : public QPushButton
  7. {
  8. 	Q_OBJECT
  9. public:
  10. 	BitButton(int number, QWidget *parent);
  11. 	void bbToggle();
  12.  
  13. 	int bbId;
  14. 	int bbState;
  15. 	void setState(int state);
  16. 	void setGeometry(QRect& rect);
  17. 	QFrame *frame;
  18.  
  19. signals:
  20. 	void bbClicked();
  21.  
  22. private slots:
  23.  
  24. private:
  25. 	QString bbStyle[2];
  26. };
  27.  
  28. #endif
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Qt Code: 
  1. #include <BitButton.h>
  2.  
  3. BitButton::BitButton(int number, QWidget *parent)
  4. 	: QPushButton(parent)
  5. {
  6. 	bbId = number;
  7.  
  8. 	bbStyle[0] = "color: aqua; background-color: black;"
  9. 			 "border-style: sunken; border-width: 3px;"
  10. 			 "border-color: white;";
  11.  
  12. 	bbStyle[1] = "color: black; background-color: aqua";
  13.  
  14. 	frame = new QFrame(parent);
  15. 	frame->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box | QFrame::Sunken);
  16. 	frame->setLineWidth(3);
  17.  
  18. 	QFont font;
  19. #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
  20. 		font.setPointSize(font.pointSize()+2);
  21. 		font.setFamily("Lucida Console");
  22. #endif
  23. #ifdef Q_WS_X11
  24. 		font.setFamily("Monospace");
  25. 		font.setPointSize(12);
  26. #endif
  27.  
  28. 	this->setFont(font);
  29. 	this->setState(0);
  30. }
  31.  
  32. void BitButton::setGeometry(QRect &rect)
  33. {
  34. 	QRect frameRect = QRect(rect.x()+2,
  35. 				rect.y()+2,
  36. 				rect.width()+2,
  37. 				rect.height()+2);
  38.  
  39. 	frame->setFrameRect(frameRect);
  40. 	QPushButton::setGeometry(rect);
  41. 	this->frame->show();
  42. }
  43.  
  44. void BitButton::bbToggle()
  45. {
  46. 	this->setState(bbState ^= 1);
  47. }
  48.  
  49. void BitButton::setState(int state)
  50. {
  51. 	bbState = state;
  52. 	this->setText(QString::number(state));
  53. 	this->setStyleSheet(bbStyle[state]);
  54. }
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