QT: set stylesheet for a QMenu object

Question

What's the correct way to apply styles for a QMenu object?

I'm trying this:

QMenu contextMenu(tr("Context menu"), this);
contextMenu.addAction(new QAction(tr("Hello"), this));
contextMenu.setStyleSheet("*:hover { color:#FFF; } *:!hover { color:#aaa; }");

I'm trying to set different text colors for when the mouse is over the menu option and when the mouse isn't over the option. But it's not working.

Answer 1

1. In case of QMenu styling use QMenu::item:selected

2. Here is an example

    QMenu::item{
    background-color: rgb(0, 170, 0);
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    }
   
    QMenu::item:selected{
    background-color: rgb(0, 85, 127);
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    } 
   

3. In your case

     QString  menuStyle(
              "QMenu::item{"
              "background-color: rgb(0, 170, 0);"
              "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
              "}"
              "QMenu::item:selected{"
              "background-color: rgb(0, 85, 127);"
              "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
              "}"
           );
   
     this->setStyleSheet(menuStyle);
   

4. Refer the Qt Style Sheets example for more options