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QComboBox cannot make dropdown window background transparent

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  • EchoReaperE Offline
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    wrote on last edited by EchoReaper
    #1

    I've tried everything I could to make the QComboBox window background transparent, but it just shows up black:
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    I am using Qt 5.12.9 on Windows 10. The QComboBox's stylesheet is

    * {
        padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
        border-radius: 10px; 
    }
    

    and in mainwindow.cpp in a brand new, empty Qt project (with just the combobox added and mainwindow background set to red for visibility):

        ui->comboBox->setFrame(false);
        QFrame* window = dynamic_cast<QFrame*>(ui->comboBox->view()->window()); // this is a QComboBoxPrivateContainer, which is a subclass of QFrame
        window->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
        window->setStyleSheet("* { background-color: green; }");
        window->setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
        window->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground, true);
        window->setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent, true);
    

    Yet the window background is still black. Further, FramelessWindowHint prevents the dropdown from opening unless I press space with it focused (and after opening, it immediately closes)

    How do I make the dropdown window background completely invisible for QComboBox?

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    • JoeCFDJ Offline
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      wrote on last edited by JoeCFD
      #2

      @EchoReaper said in QComboBox cannot make dropdown window background transparent:

      window->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
      window->setStyleSheet("* { background-color: green; }");
      

      add "QAbstractItemView{background:green;}" to the stylesheet of ui->comboBox .

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