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[Solved]Change text cursor color in QTextEdit

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    Macro
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    Did u tried to change the Stylesheet by using Ui Designer or by Coding ? I Tried it in Designer and it Works Fine for me...

    Thanks & Regards

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      Macro
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      I will update the screen shot of my output for your reference..

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        Macro
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        !http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/296/mainwindowr.png(Text Edit with White Color and Text Cursor with White Color )!

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          Acce0ss
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          I used coding, modified the demo called textedit.

          I will update the code I used for color change and so on when I get back home.

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            AlekseyOk
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            use style sheet as Riz proposed

            @
            QTextEdit
            {
            color: white;
            background-color: black;
            }
            @

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              Acce0ss
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              Here is the code I used to change the colors:

              @QPalette p = textEdit->palette();
              p.setColor(QPalette::Base, QColor(0, 0, 0));
              textEdit->setPalette(p);

              textEdit->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
              textEdit->setTextColor(QColor(255,255,255));
              @
              If I use a style sheet, is it possible to change the colors on the run too? The background color won't change but text color might.

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                AlekseyOk
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                Yes, you can change style sheet at runtime:

                @
                QFile file("style.css");
                if(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly))
                {
                QString styleSheet(file.readAll());
                widget->setStyleSheet(styleSheet);
                file.close();
                }
                @

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                  Acce0ss
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                  Thanks Riz and Aleksey, it works now, using this
                  @
                  textEdit->setStyleSheet(
                  "QTextEdit"
                  "{"
                  "color: white;"
                  "background-color: black;"
                  "}"
                  );@

                  So the cursor color can be set by setting color: whatever in a stylesheet.. But apparently not with setTextColor() or any other function of textEdit.. weird, but I'm glad it works now.

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                    Macro
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                    #12

                    Yeah Aleksey0k is Right...!!! We can change the StyleSheet at Runtime too....

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                      Macro
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #13

                      Your Welcome.. Happy Coding... :) Simple way of coding is..

                      @TextEdit->setStyleSheet("background-color: black; color : white");@

                      Thats all.... No Need for going for a QPalette and all..

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                        Macro
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                        If you are using setTextColor(),

                        @TextEdit->setTextColor(Qt::white);@

                        will change the Text Color Alone. But the Text Cursor will remain the default Black in color...

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