Example of how to style QToolBox with QStyle

The following is an sample subclass of QWindowsXPStyle() [doc.qt.nokia.com] to show how a QToolBox [doc.qt.nokia.com] can be styled.

#include <QtGui>
class MyStyle : public QWindowsXPStyle
{
public:
MyStyle() : QWindowsXPStyle() {}
void drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption *option, QPainter *painter,
const QWidget *widget = 0) const
{
if (element == CE_ToolBoxTab) {
const QStyleOptionToolBox *tb = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionToolBox *>(option);
painter->save();
painter->setBrush(QBrush(Qt::darkBlue));
painter->drawRoundedRect(option->rect.x() + 10, option->rect.y(), option->rect.width() - 20,
option->rect.height(), 10.0, 5.0);
painter->setPen(Qt::white);
painter->drawText(option->rect.x() + 15, option->rect.y() + 15, tb->text);
painter->restore();
} else {
return QWindowsXPStyle::drawControl(element, option, painter, widget);
}
}
};
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
a.setStyle(new MyStyle);
QToolBox tb;
tb.addItem(new QPushButton("A"), "Test");
tb.addItem(new QPushButton("B"), "Test 2");
tb.show();
return a.exec();
}

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