QStyleOption

The QStyleOption class stores the parameters used by QStyle functions. More…

Inherited by: QStyleOptionViewItem, QStyleOptionToolBox, QStyleOptionToolBar, QStyleOptionTabWidgetFrame, QStyleOptionTabBarBase, QStyleOptionTab, QStyleOptionRubberBand, QStyleOptionProgressBar, QStyleOptionMenuItem, QStyleOptionHeader, QStyleOptionHeaderV2, QStyleOptionGraphicsItem, QStyleOptionFrame, QStyleOptionFocusRect, QStyleOptionDockWidget, QStyleOptionComplex, QStyleOptionToolButton, QStyleOptionTitleBar, QStyleOptionSpinBox, QStyleOptionSlider, QStyleOptionSizeGrip, QStyleOptionGroupBox, QStyleOptionComboBox, QStyleOptionButton

Synopsis

Functions

• def initFrom (w)

Detailed Description

QStyleOption and its subclasses contain all the information that QStyle functions need to draw a graphical element.

For performance reasons, there are few member functions and the access to the member variables is direct (i.e., using the . or -> operator). This makes the structures straightforward to use and emphasizes that these are simply parameters used by the style functions.

The caller of a QStyle function usually creates QStyleOption objects on the stack. This combined with Qt’s extensive use of implicit sharing for types such as QString , QPalette , and QColor ensures that no memory allocation needlessly takes place.

The following code snippet shows how to use a specific QStyleOption subclass to paint a push button:

def paintEvent(self, arg__0):

    option = QStyleOptionButton()
    option.initFrom(self)
    option.state = isDown() if QStyle.State_Sunken else QStyle.State_Raised
    if (isDefault())
        option.features |= QStyleOptionButton.DefaultButton
    option.text = text()
    option.icon = icon()
    painter = QPainter(self)
    style().drawControl(QStyle.CE_PushButton, option, painter, self)

In our example, the control is a CE_PushButton , and according to the drawControl() documentation the corresponding class is QStyleOptionButton .

When reimplementing QStyle functions that take a QStyleOption parameter, you often need to cast the QStyleOption to a subclass. For safety, you can use qstyleoption_cast() to ensure that the pointer type is correct. For example:

def drawPrimitive(self, element,):
                            option, = QStyleOption()
                            painter, = QPainter()
                            widget) = QWidget()

    if (element == PE_FrameFocusRect) {
        focusRectOption =
                qstyleoption_cast<QStyleOptionFocusRect *>(option)
        if (focusRectOption) {
            # ...


    # ...

The qstyleoption_cast() function will return 0 if the object to which option points is not of the correct type.

For an example demonstrating how style options can be used, see the Styles example.

See also

QStyle QStylePainter

class PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption(other)

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption([version=QStyleOption.StyleOptionVersion.Version[, type=QStyleOption.OptionType.SO_Default]])

Parameters

• other – PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption

• version – int

• type – int

Constructs a copy of other.

Constructs a QStyleOption with the specified version and type.

The version has no special meaning for QStyleOption ; it can be used by subclasses to distinguish between different version of the same option type.

The state member variable is initialized to State_None .

See also

version type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.OptionType

This enum is used internally by QStyleOption , its subclasses, and qstyleoption_cast() to determine the type of style option. In general you do not need to worry about this unless you want to create your own QStyleOption subclass and your own styles.

Constant	Description
QStyleOption.SO_Button	QStyleOptionButton
QStyleOption.SO_ComboBox	QStyleOptionComboBox
QStyleOption.SO_Complex	QStyleOptionComplex
QStyleOption.SO_Default	QStyleOption
QStyleOption.SO_DockWidget	QStyleOptionDockWidget
QStyleOption.SO_FocusRect	QStyleOptionFocusRect
QStyleOption.SO_Frame	QStyleOptionFrame
QStyleOption.SO_GraphicsItem	QStyleOptionGraphicsItem
QStyleOption.SO_GroupBox	QStyleOptionGroupBox
QStyleOption.SO_Header	QStyleOptionHeader
QStyleOption.SO_MenuItem	QStyleOptionMenuItem
QStyleOption.SO_ProgressBar	QStyleOptionProgressBar
QStyleOption.SO_RubberBand	QStyleOptionRubberBand
QStyleOption.SO_SizeGrip	QStyleOptionSizeGrip
QStyleOption.SO_Slider	QStyleOptionSlider
QStyleOption.SO_SpinBox	QStyleOptionSpinBox
QStyleOption.SO_Tab	QStyleOptionTab
QStyleOption.SO_TabBarBase	QStyleOptionTabBarBase
QStyleOption.SO_TabWidgetFrame	QStyleOptionTabWidgetFrame
QStyleOption.SO_TitleBar	QStyleOptionTitleBar
QStyleOption.SO_ToolBar	QStyleOptionToolBar
QStyleOption.SO_ToolBox	QStyleOptionToolBox
QStyleOption.SO_ToolButton	QStyleOptionToolButton
QStyleOption.SO_ViewItem	QStyleOptionViewItem (used in Interviews)

The following values are used for custom controls:

Constant	Description
QStyleOption.SO_CustomBase	Reserved for custom QStyleOptions; all custom controls values must be above this value
QStyleOption.SO_ComplexCustomBase	Reserved for custom QStyleOptions; all custom complex controls values must be above this value

See also

type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.StyleOptionType

This enum is used to hold information about the type of the style option, and is defined for each QStyleOption subclass.

Constant	Description
QStyleOption.Type	The type of style option provided ( SO_Default for this class).

The type is used internally by QStyleOption , its subclasses, and qstyleoption_cast() to determine the type of style option. In general you do not need to worry about this unless you want to create your own QStyleOption subclass and your own styles.

See also

StyleOptionVersion

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.StyleOptionVersion

This enum is used to hold information about the version of the style option, and is defined for each QStyleOption subclass.

Constant	Description
QStyleOption.Version	1

The version is used by QStyleOption subclasses to implement extensions without breaking compatibility. If you use qstyleoption_cast() , you normally do not need to check it.

See also

StyleOptionType

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.version

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.state

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.direction

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.rect

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.fontMetrics

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.palette

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.styleObject

PySide6.QtWidgets.QStyleOption.initFrom(w)

Parameters

w – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

Initializes the state , direction , rect , palette , fontMetrics and styleObject member variables based on the specified widget.

This is a convenience function; the member variables can also be initialized manually.

See also

layoutDirection() rect() palette() fontMetrics()