Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet

[JonB]

@lukutis222
I don't understand. If you say "in UI I use" (and I assume you mean it works)

QTabWidget::pane {
       border: none;
       background: rgb(25, 33, 40);
}

then in code you can use setStyleSheet("QTabWidget::pane { border: none; background-color: rgb(25, 33, 40); }"). You can even look in the generated ui_....h file to see exactly what statement is generated for what object where from the QSS you type in.

[lukutis222]

@JonB
When I go to my mainwindow.ui, right click the application window -> Change styleSheet and input the following:

QTabWidget::pane {
       border: none;
       background: rgb(25, 33, 40);
}

The style applies:

I checked the style file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
 <class>MainWindow</class>
 <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
  <property name="geometry">
   <rect>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
    <width>800</width>
    <height>600</height>
   </rect>
  </property>
  <property name="windowTitle">
   <string>MainWindow</string>
  </property>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
      <property name="styleSheet">
       <string notr="true">
    QTabWidget::pane { 
       border: none;
       background: rgb(25, 33, 40);
    }

I cannot wrap my head around what is wrong with this and why the style does not apply

    ui->setupUi(this);
    ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget { background-color: rgb(11, 33, 40)}");

[JonB]

@lukutis222 said in Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet:

QTabWidget::pane {

ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget { background-color: rgb(11, 33, 40)}");

But now you have gone back to not specifying QTabWidget::pane in your code version. It's really hard to keep up if these things are not consistent....

[jsulm]

@lukutis222 And did you also check the generated ui_*.h file like @JonB suggested to see how the style-sheet is set there?

[lukutis222]

@JonB

Both are not working. I can even call:

    ui->setupUi(this);
    ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget { background-color: rgb(11, 33, 40)}");
    ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget::pane { background-color: rgb(11, 33, 40)}");

[lukutis222]

@jsulm I assume you are talking about this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
 <class>MainWindow</class>
 <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
  <property name="geometry">
   <rect>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
    <width>800</width>
    <height>600</height>
   </rect>
  </property>
  <property name="windowTitle">
   <string>MainWindow</string>
  </property>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
      <property name="styleSheet">
       <string notr="true">QTabWidget::pane { 
       border: none;
       background: rgb(25, 33, 40);
    }

The above is when I edit style sheet in UI instead of code which seems identical to what I am calling in code and it does not work

ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget::pane { background-color: rgb(25, 33, 40)}");

[JonB]

@lukutis222

• Start by using the same copied stuff between the two examples. Don't (at this stage) have, for example, one specifying border and compare against the other not specifying border, until you have got both working consistently.

• The stuff done in the Designer does not work "by magic". The .ui file is not read at runtime. The uic generates the ui_....h file, the C++ code includes that and calls setupUi(). Logic tells you that you must be able to achieve the same in your "manual" code. So you must be able to reproduce. You have some subtle difference somewhere in what you are coding versus what happens from the Designer stuff, so start by getting them identical before you allow any differences.

[jsulm]

@lukutis222 said in Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet:

I assume you are talking about this

No, I'm not.
"generated ui_*.h file" - has nothing to do with XML file you're showing...

[lukutis222]

@jsulm Can you explain where can I find that magic file you are talking about, because I cannot see it in my project file list

[JonB]

@lukutis222 said in Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet:

ui->tabWidget->setStyleSheet("QTabWidget::pane { background-color: rgb(25, 33, 40)}");

Yet again: start by copying what you have working in the .ui, not assuming that the border: none; is irrelevant. How hard can it be to copy? Maybe this is irrelevant, but just maybe it is significant, why take the risk?

[jsulm]

@lukutis222 said in Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet:

because I cannot see it in my project file list

Since it's a GENERATED file look in build folder.

[JonB]

@lukutis222 said in Segmentation fault when using setStyleSheet:

Can you explain where can I find that magic file you are talking about, because I cannot see it in my project file list

Never said it was. It is in your build directory, and you can read it in and examine it in Creator. Which BTW is very useful for understanding how your .ui file gets translated into code.