I want to restrict the min- and max-width of a Tab in a QTabBar to a certain range. The min-width property is being respected whereas the max-width property is being ignored. The docs list a bunch of widgets that support these properties and the list is identical for both. QTabBar is not explicitly listed but elsewhere in the docs min-width is being used to set the min-width of a QTabBar. Thus one would assume that QTabBar is able to support both properties. I want the text to be elided if the size exceeds the max-width value. I can use elidedText() but using stylesheets would be way more convenient.
Any ideas?

Thanx in advance

Qt Code: 
  1. #include <QApplication>
  2. #include <QtGui>
  3.  
  4. void setStyleSheet();
  5. int main(int argc, char* argv[])
  6. {
  7.     QApplication app(argc, argv);
  8.     setStyleSheet();
  10.     mw.showMaximized();
  11.     QTabWidget* tabWidget = new QTabWidget;
  12.     QString s = "a";
  13.     for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) tabWidget->addTab(new QWidget(), s += s);
  14.     mw.setCentralWidget(tabWidget);
  15.     mw.show();
  16.     return app.exec();
  17. }
  18.  
  19. void setStyleSheet()
  20. {
  21.     QString style;
  22.     QTextStream stream(&style);
  23.  
  24.     stream    << "QTabWidget::pane {"
  25.     << "border-top: 2px solid darkgray;"
  26.     << "}"
  27.     << "QTabBar::tab {"
  28.     << "margin-top:3px;"
  29.     << "background-color: white;"
  30.     << "border: 1px solid darkgray;"
  31.     << "margin-left: 2px;"
  32.     << "border-top-right-radius: 10%;"
  33.     << "border-top-left-radius: 10%;"
  34.     << "padding: 5px;"
  35.     << "min-width:100px;"
  36.     << "max-width:130px;"
  37.     << "}";
  38.  
  39.     qApp->setStyleSheet(style);
  40. }
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