Borders and background of QWidget aren't set by stylesheet

Question

I've set the stylesheet of a QWidget to change the borders and the background,

#gui {
    border: 4px inset #515c84;
    border-radius: 9px;
    background-image: url(./back.png)
}

Its name is gui but neither border nor background are shown.

possible duplicate of [PySide: QWidget does not draw background color](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23104051/pyside-qwidget-does-not-draw-background-color) — NoDataDumpNoContribution, Jul 07 '14 at 13:08

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '13 at 06:46

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Override paintEvent in your QWidget subclass like this:

void MyWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
{
    QStyleOption opt;
    opt.init(this);
    QStylePainter p(this);
    p.drawPrimitive(QStyle::PE_Widget, opt);
}

answered Aug 16 '13 at 06:46

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NoDataDumpNoContribution · Answer 2 · 2014-07-07T13:52:22.190

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For the Python-QT bindings (PyQt, PySide) just setting the attribute WA_StyledBackground on the QWidget is enough to show border and background.

edited Jul 07 '14 at 13:52

answered Jul 07 '14 at 13:08

NoDataDumpNoContribution

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@user1153551 I think it does provide an answer. Does it not work? – NoDataDumpNoContribution Jul 07 '14 at 13:38
@user1153551 Okay, I limited my answer to the python qt bindings. Would be interested to know if the same fails on C++. – NoDataDumpNoContribution Jul 07 '14 at 13:51

Borders and background of QWidget aren't set by stylesheet

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