formatting a QTableView header

kshegunov

I just tested a project of mine, and it works correctly. Here's what I did:

#include <QBrush>

QVariant MyModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
{
    if (/*role != Qt::DisplayRole || */orientation != Qt::Horizontal || section > columnCount())
        return QVariant();

    if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
        return columns.byIndex(section).displayName();
    if (role == Qt::BackgroundRole)
        return QBrush(Qt::red);

    return QVariant();
}

I observe the background of the table view's header to be red. It's really odd why it doesn't work for you. Can you retrieve the header data just after you've set it to the model to see if it's correctly stored? I.e.

m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, QBrush(Qt::red), Qt::BackgroundRole);
QBrush shouldBeRed = m_model->headerData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, Qt::BackgroundRole);

PS: The test was done with Qt 5.11.2 on Linux.

mzimmers

How do I convert a QVariant to a QBrush?

kshegunov

QBrush brush = variant.value<QBrush>();

However you can inspect the data directly in the variant as well, as far as I can see in the watch.

Christian Ehrlicher

@mzimmers: are you working on windows? https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-31804

mzimmers

@Christian-Ehrlicher yes, I am, and that would seem to be the problem here. Plus, there's this:

Widget::Widget(DeviceModel *d, QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::Widget)
{
...
    ui->tableView->horizontalHeader()->setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Window);

So, do I need to create a QStyle for the underlining, and set that on my header view?

kshegunov

@mzimmers said in formatting a QTableView header:

So, do I need to create a QStyle for the underlining, and set that on my header view?

I'd advise at least trying if that will fix the issue.

mzimmers

Do I need to derive a subclass from QStyle to do this?

kshegunov

@mzimmers said in formatting a QTableView header:

Do I need to derive a subclass from QStyle to do this?

Yes. But maybe try QProxyStyle instead, so you have less work to do.

mzimmers

I'm afraid that I'm going to have to temporarily abandon this thread. I just don't know enough about styles/hints/etc. and I don't have time to give it the attention it deserves.

Thanks for the assistance; I'll get back to this as soon as I can.

mzimmers

OK, I have a little spare time now. I've copied this code (from the page):

class MyProxyStyle : public QProxyStyle
{
  public:
    int styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *option = 0,
                  const QWidget *widget = 0, QStyleHintReturn *returnData = 0) const override
    {
        if (hint == QStyle::SH_UnderlineShortcut)
            return 0;
        return QProxyStyle::styleHint(hint, option, widget, returnData);
    }
};

What would you suggest I use instead of SH_UnderlineShortcut to test whether my styling is taking effect? (Given the trouble we were having earlier.)

Thanks.

SGaist

Hi,

How did you set your custom style ?

mzimmers

Hi SGaist - like this:

    MyProxyStyle *mps = new MyProxyStyle;
    ui->tableView->setStyle(mps);

SGaist

What if you set it application wide ?

mzimmers

I can try that. What I was asking for, though, was a style hint that would be readily apparent in my app. The one in the example might work perfectly, but I'd never see it without implementing any shortcuts (at least I think not).

mzimmers

For what it's worth, this line of code produces expected results:

ui->tableView->setStyleSheet("background-color: red");

But this one does not:

    ui->tableView->horizontalHeader()->setStyleSheet("background-color: red");

So the problem seems to be in the header object, doesn't it?

kshegunov

You don't need a style hint if you're trying to override the painting. You'd have to reimplement QStyle::drawControl and handle the QStyle::CE_Header control. Something like this:

class MyProxyStyle : public QProxyStyle
{
public:
    void drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption *option, QPainter *painter, const QWidget *widget = nullptr) const override
    {
        if (element != QStyle::CE_Header)  {
             baseStyle()->drawControl(element, option, painter, widget);
             return;
        }

        // Paint here ...
    }
};

It's been a long time since I last played with the styles, but I hope this is of help.

VRonin

You might want to try just adding QApplication::setStyle(QStyleFactory::create("Fusion")); to your main(). The fusion style supports the styling of QHeaderViews even on windows

mzimmers

@VRonin using that style, along with the style sheet, did in fact paint my header background red. Thank you!

Now, for creating a separation line under the header...is it recommended that I try to use a style sheet, or QStyles?

VRonin

Try the fast way, use stylesheet

mzimmers

Interesting results...I tried this:

    ui->tableView->horizontalHeader()->setStyleSheet("border-bottom: 5px solid red");

And got this:

I must be malforming the stylesheet (I pulled the contents directly from a CSS example I found online), but the curious (to me) part is I'm now getting an underline (actually a bottom border, I guess) across the entire header, but only the middle column is painted red (which I don't understand either).

Thoughts?