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    Default How do I change the color of arc & text in QwtDial ?

    I'm trying to create a custom dial (CDial) using QwtDial. The purpose of this is to show the analog meter for some attributes. Now that I've created a dial, I want to change the color of the arc drawn around the scale & also the scale itself. Below is the style code and also the snapshot of it.

    Qt Code:
    1. void CDial::fnSetFeatures()
    2. {
    3. setReadOnly(true);
    4. setFrameShadow(QwtDial::Raised);
    5. setWrapping(false);
    6.  
    7. setStyleSheet("background: white; color: qradialgradient(cx: 0.3, cy: -0.4, fx: 0.3, fy: -0.4, radius: 1.35, stop: 0 #fff, stop: 1 #888);");
    8.  
    9. setTracking(true);
    10. setRange(0, MAG_A_MAX);
    11. setScaleArc(0, 220);
    12. setScale(MAG_A_MAX/10, MAG_A_MAX/10, 100);
    13. setOrigin(150);
    14. setScaleTicks(0, 4, 8);
    15. setMass(0.1);
    16.  
    17. oNeedle = new QwtDialSimpleNeedle(QwtDialSimpleNeedle::Arrow, true, Qt::darkGray,
    18. QColor(Qt::gray).light(130));
    19. oNeedle->setWidth(10);
    20. setNeedle(oNeedle);
    21. }
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    CDial.JPG

    Please help me code the arc color and text color. Thank you.
    Last edited by rawfool; 16th July 2012 at 11:15.

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    Default Re: How do I change the color of arc & text in QwtDial ?

    All colors used in QwtDial are taken from its palette. I'm afraid it is not documented which color role is taken for which element so it might be a good idea to have a look at the implementation ( or play with a custom palette to identify the color roles ).

    For drawing the scale QPalette::Text is used. If you want to have a different colors for tick labels and backbone/ticks ( or for special labels only ) you have to overload QwtDial::scaleLabel() setting a color for the text object.

    HTH,
    Uwe

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    Default Re: How do I change the color of arc & text in QwtDial ?

    Should I overload scaleLabel() or should I override void CDial::draw( QPainter *painter, const QPalette& palette ) const ?

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    Default Re: How do I change the color of arc & text in QwtDial ?

    No use QWidget::setPalette() or modify the palette using your style sheet.
    By the way: using a stylesheet like in your code snippet above is not necessary - you can do the same using setPalette() in a ( IMHO ) cleaner way.

    Uwe

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