{"id":12084,"date":"2024-03-14T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-the-color-of-the-qt-title-bar-be-adjusted\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:11:01","slug":"how-can-the-color-of-the-qt-title-bar-be-adjusted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-the-color-of-the-qt-title-bar-be-adjusted\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Qt Title Bar Color with QSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To change the color of the Qt title bar, you can customize the style using QSS (Qt Style Sheets). Here is a simple example code that sets the background color of the title bar to red:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;QApplication&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;QMainWindow&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> argc, <span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> *argv[])<\/span>\r\n<\/span>{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\">QApplication <span class=\"hljs-title\">app<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(argc, argv)<\/span><\/span>;\r\n\r\n    QMainWindow mainWindow;\r\n    mainWindow.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">setWindowTitle<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Custom Title Bar Color\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8bbe\u7f6e\u6807\u9898\u680f\u80cc\u666f\u989c\u8272\u4e3a\u7ea2\u8272<\/span>\r\n    mainWindow.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">setStyleSheet<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"QMainWindow::title { background-color: red; }\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\n    mainWindow.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">show<\/span>();\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> app.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">exec<\/span>();\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, we use the setStyleSheet method to set the style of the title in QMainWindow, setting the background color to red. 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