Losing palette colors when app goes out of focus.

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I have an app and on certain components I change the palette slightly. I do this by putting this code in the Widget Constructor that contains the component.

if (darkTheme) {
        QPalette p = ui->strStringEdit->palette( );
        p.setColor( QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, darkPalette.color(QPalette::AlternateBase));
        ui->strStringEdit->setPalette( p );
    }

if (darkTheme) {
        QPalette p = ui->strStringEdit->palette( );
        p.setColor( QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, darkPalette.color(QPalette::AlternateBase));
        ui->strStringEdit->setPalette( p );
    }

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But when the application loses focus (by going to another application) the colors go back to the original colors. When I select my app again the modifications come back.

How do I freeze the palette?

Thanks,