QTextEdit and setStyle

[GrahamL]

Hi
I am trying to set a background image on a QTextEdit using setStyleSheet -

@textEdit->setStyleSheet(QString::fromUtf8("background-image: url(:/images/Chrysanthemum.png);background-attachment: fixed"));@

However, this doe not work.

Am i misunderstanding the documentation or is it not possible?

Thanks

[adnan]

You need to add this line:
textEdit->setFrame(false);

[GrahamL]

textEdit is of type QTextEdit not QTextLineEdit

[KA51O]

Just out of curiousity have you tried this:
@
textEdit->setStyleSheet("background-color: red);
@

and if that works fine try (of course your image file needs to be in the same dir as your sources then)
@
textEdit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(Chrysanthemum.png); background-attachment: fixed");
@

if that works too I'd guess something is wrong with your way of setting the file location.

[GrahamL]

Hi
@textEdit->setStyleSheet("background-color: red);@
works fine
@edit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(bg.png); background-attachment: fixed;");@
Does not!
What can be wrong

[adnan]

It is working perfectly well on my computer:
@ui->textEdit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(:/nedge.png)");@

Perhaps, you have not added your image to the resource file. Add "bg.png" to resource file and it should work.

[KA51O]

Thats very strange indeed, because an example from the "Qt Style Sheets Examples":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-examples.html#customizing-specific-widgets is pretty much the same
@
QTextEdit, QListView {
background-color: white;
background-image: url(draft.png);
background-attachment: fixed;
}
@

My only guess is that somehow the file location is not correct. The bg.png file is located inside your source folder?

[GrahamL]

OK
Here is my complete code, the image bg.png exists in the directory where the app is being run but is not set as the background
@#include <QtGui>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

 QTextEdit* edit = new QTextEdit();
 edit->setWindowTitle("QTextEdit Background Image");
 
 edit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(bg.png)");

 edit->show();
 return app.exec();

}@

[adnan]

There is a mistake in the syntax:
@edit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(bg.png)");@

It should be:
@edit->setStyleSheet("background-image: url(:/bg.png)");@
and "bg.png "must be" added to resource file and should in source directory

[GrahamL]

Hi
I still cannot get this working!
This is my .pro file
@TEMPLATE = app
TARGET =
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

Input

SOURCES += main.cpp

RESOURCES +=
res.qrc
@
I used QCreator to add this image to the resource file
but still no joy

frustrated

[adnan]

I suppose there is only one way I can help you now. Make a zip file of your project and upload the download link so that i can download the project and look for the problem.

[GrahamL]

Hi Adnam
Thanks for your help!
Forgive my ignorance (im new here) but how do I send you my project?

[adnan]

I recieved your project , i will look into it

[GrahamL]

Message sent

Thanks

[adnan]

You had committed a silly mistake in adding the image to resource file. The prefix should had been "/" but it was "/images" in your case (it is also correct but) your folder containing the image was also named as "image", so the address of image should have been "/images/images/bn.jpg". It is working fine now. I have changed the prefix to "/" from "/images". So now the valid address is "/images/bn.jpg"

[GrahamL]

Hi
Thanks, but it still does not work for me
There must be something different in our systems, but I dont know what!
do you have any ideas?

[adnan]

As you said it is not working under windows but working under linux perhaps It’s the windows style that prevents it then.

[GrahamL]

I take it that you are using Linux then?

[adnan]

Yes i use ubuntu

[adnan]

I also have similar problems like GTK+ style of linux does not allow for changing background color of progress bar