Hi,
This isn't a bug and here's the solution.
Call
QTextEdit.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground)
once when the text edit is created,
and then get and set the QTextEdit.viewport()'s palette.
(I've closed the bug report.)
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:48:54 +0100
Mark Summerfield <m...@qtrac.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a QLineEdit (self.lineEdit) and a QTextEdit (self.textEdit) and
> after creating them I call this custom method:
>
> def changeBackground(self, bg):
> palette = self.lineEdit.palette()
> palette.setBrush(QPalette.Base, QBrush(bg))
> self.lineEdit.setPalette(palette)
>
> palette = self.textEdit.palette()
> palette.setBrush(QPalette.Base, QBrush(bg))
> self.textEdit.setPalette(palette)
>
> The bg is either a QColor or a QPixmap.
>
> The first time I call this it works fine.
>
> But the second and subsequent times I call it, it works correctly for
> the QLineEdit, but has no effect on the QTextEdit.
>
> I'm using:
> Windows 7 - Python 3.3 - PySide 1.2.2 - Qt 4.8.5
> Linux - Python 3.2 - PySide 1.1.1 - Qt 4.8.2
>
> I've reported it as a Qt bug:
> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-39727
>
> but was wondering if anyone can suggest a workaround?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS autoFillBackground has no effect either way.
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