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How to customize movable header shadow

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    Cybernetter
    wrote on last edited by Cybernetter
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    Hello,

    In my application I have reimplemented QHeaderView in order to design a 45 degree angled header for a table which (after a lot of struggles) works quite well, and it looks like this:
    2021-12-15 14_07_20-.png

    The only issue I have with it is something I haven't been able to find anywhere. Whenever I drag a column, the 'shadow' that moves with the mouse still remains the same default header section design. Here is a picture (I am referring to the gray rectangle):

    2021-12-15 14_12_00-.png

    I have no idea what kind of component/element that is, and how to change it. Qt documentation tells me nothing, as far as I read...
    I am also using PyQt 6.

    Any ideas would be very appreciated. Thank you.

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      Christian Ehrlicher
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      The pixmap is created inside QAbstractItemViewPrivate::renderToPixmap() by calling the delegate for each index. So provide a custom item delegate where paint() returns your pixmap

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        The pixmap is created inside QAbstractItemViewPrivate::renderToPixmap() by calling the delegate for each index. So provide a custom item delegate where paint() returns your pixmap

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        Cybernetter
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        @Christian-Ehrlicher

        Thank you! I will try that today.

        Have a good day :)

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        • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

          The pixmap is created inside QAbstractItemViewPrivate::renderToPixmap() by calling the delegate for each index. So provide a custom item delegate where paint() returns your pixmap

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          @Christian-Ehrlicher It seems like QHeaderView does not support setItemDelegate.
          From Qt docs: Note: Each header renders the data for each section itself, and does not rely on a delegate. As a result, calling a header’s setItemDelegate() function will have no effect.

          What am I missing? Right now I am reimplementing paintEvent to change the header appearance. Can I do something there?

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            Christian Ehrlicher
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            You're right - I took the wrong place. The pixmap is created via QHeaderView::paintSection() (via QHeaderViewPrivate::setupSectionIndicator() and QHeaderView::mousePressEvent()) which is virtual so you should be able to override it.

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