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title:: Color roles
categories:: GUI>Accessories
summary:: A list of color roles within a palette, and their meaning
A palette (see link::Classes/QPalette::) consists of colors assigned to various color roles within the three color groups (see link::Reference/palette_color_groups::). The following is a list of possible symbols to denote color roles, and their meanings.
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## strong::Role:: || strong::Meaning::
## 'window' || Window background. Views may also use this role, for example to derive the color of their border. It is also the background of StaticText.
## 'windowText' || Text on top of 'window', for example in StaticText.
## 'button' || Everything button-alike. For example Button background, as well as Slider thumb.
## 'buttonText' || Text on top of 'button'.
## 'brightText' || May be used for text on pressed Button.
## 'base' || Background of views that display a lot of text (TextView, ListView, etc.).
## 'baseText' || Text on top of 'base'.
## 'alternateBase' || ListView may use alternate background colors for rows.
## 'toolTipBase' || Background of tooltips.
## 'toolTipText' || Text of tooltips.
## 'highlight' || Used to indicate selection, as in ListView, etc.
## 'highlightText' || Selected text / item.
## 'link' || Default color for links on a web page.
## 'linkVisited' || Default color for visited links on a web page.
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Additionally, the following roles are used to create 3D effects:
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## strong::Role:: || strong::Meaning::
## 'light' || Lighter than 'button'.
## 'midlight' || Between 'button' and 'light'.
## 'middark' || Between 'button' and 'dark'.
## 'dark' || Darker than 'button'.
## 'shadow' || A very dark color.
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