Trying to control individual QMenu titles color

hashtagqt

I wonder if I can do this programmatically (change the color of a menu title):
This should explain what I want:
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Cobra91151

Yes, you can do it using Qt style sheets.

Example code:

QMenu {
    background-color: #ABABAB; /* sets background of the menu */
    border: 1px solid black;
}

QMenu::item {
    /* sets background of menu item. set this to something non-transparent
        if you want menu color and menu item color to be different */
    background-color: transparent;
}

QMenu::item:selected { /* when user selects item using mouse or keyboard */
    color: #FF0000; // for red color
    background-color: #654321;
}

More details here - Qt Style Sheets Examples

Also you can set your style sheet for specific menu item using setObjectName("myMenuItem") function.

Usage:

QMenu::item#myMenuItem {
     color: #FF0000; // for red color
}

hashtagqt

That does change the color of all the children of the "View" menu. I just want to change the color of the "View" label itself, within the top level menu bar.

Cobra91151

@hashtagqt

Try to setObjectName("myMenuItem") function to appropriate view and style:

QMenu::item#myMenuItem {
     color: #FF0000; // for red color
}

or try this for top level menu:

QMenu#myMenuItem {
     color: #FF0000; // for red color
}

If you can't solve your problem then post some code so I can help you.

hashtagqt

@Cobra91151 , thanks for your help!
I have a top level menu bar called m_menuBar.
That menu has (among others) a QMenu called menuView, with the title "View".
menuView has 3 actions.

when I do this in code:
menuView->setObjectName("ColorThis");
m_menuBar->setStyleSheet("QMenu::item#ColorThis {color: #FF0000;}");

The three actions under menuView get painted in red, but the title "View" stays regular (black).

Cobra91151

@hashtagqt

Ok. Try to set style sheet like this:

menuView->setStyleSheet("color: #FF0000;");

hashtagqt

Same exact outcome.