[Qt-interest] How to set textcolor for actions in QMenu?

[Arnold Krille]

On Tuesday 10 May 2011 06:59:18 Wilhelm wrote:
> Am 09.05.2011 12:44, schrieb Arnold Krille:
> > There is a reason for standards. There is a reason for themes. There is a
> > reason your apps menus look the same as the ones from
> > dolphin/konqueror/marble/whatever on your platform. Actually there are
> > several reasons, accessibility is one of them, the fact that an app is
> > less usable when it looks different then the others is another.
> thanks for all those answers and, surely, you all are right in the way
> that this is a bad idea (although I've seen it some places)!

If you have seen it in some places, it doesn't mean its a good idea.

> But, what about QTabBar::setTabTextColor() ? I think, the same arguments
> hold in this case, not?

Yes and no. In general its a bad idea to use these kind of functions with (for 
example) QColor::red. But for tabs its an interesting idea to use with 
QPalette::Link or QPalette::LinkActive to highlight this tab for temporary 
attention.
While this is a case often found with tabs (like in chat-clients, terminal-
applications, even browsers) its rather uncommon that a menu-item needs non-
permanent attention.

Have fun,

Arnold
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