QSciScintilla Background Color

Question

I'm trying to change the color of the entire QSciScintilla editor widget. I've tried using the function

QSciScintilla::setPaper(const QColor &c)

but that seems to change only the color behind the text (see screenshot). How can I change the background color of the ENTIRE box?

Thanks in advance.

I would love to know this too. QScintilla gives me endless grief. — beta, Aug 07 '12 at 19:28
@beta I know the feeling. Documentation is very scarce, until now. You can find lots of beginner-friendly docs on this site: https://qscintilla.com/ — K.Mulier, May 13 '17 at 18:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '12 at 20:20

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Calling setPaper on the QsciScintilla widget will have no effect if a lexer has been set.

Try using the setDefaultPaper function of the current lexer.

answered Aug 07 '12 at 20:20

ekhumoro

Sorry, I was actually calling `setPaper` on the current lexer. `setDefaultPaper` did the trick. Thanks! – Nafis Zaman Aug 08 '12 at 02:23

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