"Normal" Status Bar Message doesn't look right...

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Hello,

I have a little problem with the GUI of my application. In my QMainWindow, made in Designer, I have a status bar. When the mouse highlights different menu items, the value of the status bar changes from blank to the statusTip that I set. However, I want to have a "default" statusTip. In the Qt Docs, it says that I have to use addWidget() on the status bar, and add a QLabel. I did that, and it works fine, except... this is how it looks like:

(1st attached image),

whereas here is how a "temporary" statusTip looks like:

(2nd attached image)

Whatever I do I can't seem to change how it looks, whether it's using all this or not:

msg->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
	msg->setFrameShadow(QFrame::Plain);
	msg->setLineWidth(0);
	msg->setStyleSheet("border: none;");

msg->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
	msg->setFrameShadow(QFrame::Plain);
	msg->setLineWidth(0);
	msg->setStyleSheet("border: none;");

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Please help!

Thanks in advance,
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