How to add border around QWidget?

Question

I am using PyQT4 to create a sample application for a prospective client. I am looking for some way to put a border around a specific widget. Please give me some pointers to look for.

updated :

class CentralWidget(QtGui.QWidget):

    def __init__(self, mainWindow):
        super(CentralWidget, self).__init__()

        self.create(mainWindow)

Above code defines the widget.

@stephen: Please see the updated code – Vijay Shanker Dubey Sep 08 '11 at 17:27 — Vijay Shanker Dubey, Sep 08 '11 at 17:27

fabrizioM · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-08T17:27:06.630

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According to the stylesheet documentation, QWidget does not support the border property.

You have to use something like a QFrame:

Here it is a complete example

from PyQt4 import QtGui,QtCore

class CentralWidget(QtGui.QFrame):

    def __init__(self, *args):
        super(CentralWidget, self).__init__(*args)
        self.setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(255,0,0); margin:5px; border:1px solid rgb(0, 255, 0); ")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    mw = QtGui.QMainWindow()
    w = CentralWidget(mw)
    mw.setCentralWidget(w)
    mw.show()
    w.show()
    app.exec_()

edited Sep 08 '11 at 17:27

answered Sep 08 '11 at 17:13

fabrizioM

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Setting up the style sheet for the QTFrame sets all same style for all the child widgets. It seems the method in `QFrame` `setFrameStyle()` works well. – Vijay Shanker Dubey Sep 08 '11 at 17:56
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You can add a selector to the style sheet string to target only one class of widget e.g. `"QFrame {background-color: rgb(255,0,0);}"` – Stephen Terry Sep 08 '11 at 18:04

How to add border around QWidget?

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