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    Default [SOLVED] Different color letters in QComboBox entries

    I would like to draw QComboBox items letters in different color. Lets assume that I have "Test12" entry and "st" in it I want to be bold red and rest to be plain black.
    So to make think easier - "Te<b>st</b>12" (or whichever other tag to mark letters). I created QItemDelegate with paint method.
    Qt Code:
    1. inline void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option,
    2. const QModelIndex &index ) const
    3. {
    4. int correction(0);
    5. QStyleOptionViewItemV4 myOption = option;
    6. QPalette standard_color = myOption.palette;
    7. QPalette special_color = myOption.palette;
    8. myOption.textElideMode = Qt::ElideNone;
    9. QFontMetrics font_metric(myOption.font);
    10. special_color.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(Qt::red));
    11.  
    12. QString text = "Teno<b>st</b>1989";
    13. int start_pos(0), prev_pos(0), current_width(0);
    14. std::string word;
    15. while((start_pos=text.indexOf(start_tag, prev_pos))>=0)
    16. {
    17. myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos, start_pos-prev_pos);
    18. //draw in standard color
    19. myOption.palette = standard_color;
    20. myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
    21. myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text)+correction);
    22. QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
    23. current_width += myOption.rect.width();
    24. prev_pos = start_pos+start_tag.size();
    25.  
    26. start_pos=text.indexOf(end_tag, prev_pos);
    27. myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos, start_pos-prev_pos);
    28. myOption.palette = special_color;
    29. myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
    30. myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text)+correction);
    31. QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
    32. current_width += myOption.rect.width();
    33. prev_pos = start_pos+end_tag.size();
    34. }
    35. myOption.text = text.mid(prev_pos);
    36. myOption.palette = standard_color;
    37. myOption.rect.setLeft(current_width);
    38. myOption.rect.setWidth(font_metric.width(myOption.text));
    39. QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &myOption, painter);
    40. }
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    Unfortunately - CE_ItemViewItem do not only write text but also frame. I tried QStyle::drawItemText, but I'm still not satisfied. How else could I do it?
    Last edited by T4ng10r; 19th February 2014 at 11:55.

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    Default Re: Different color letters in QComboBox entries

    What about letting CE_ItemViewItem not see any text, i.e. keeping myOption.text empty, and the drawing the text yourself?

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    Default Re: Different color letters in QComboBox entries

    Yes, this approach do what I expect.

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