List of Sub-Controls

The following subcontrols are available:

Sub-Control Description
::add-line The button to add a line of a QScrollBar.
::add-page The region between the handle (slider) and the the add-line of a QScrollBar.
::branch The branch indicator of a QTreeView.
::chunk The progress chunk of a QProgressBar.
::close-button The close button of a QDockWidget or tabs of QTabBar
::corner The corner between two scrollbars in a QAbstractScrollArea
::down-arrow The down arrow of a QComboBox, QHeaderView (sort indicator), QScrollBar or QSpinBox.
::down-button The down button of a QScrollBar or a QSpinBox.
::drop-down The drop-down button of a QComboBox.
::float-button The float button of a QDockWidget
::groove The groove of a QSlider.
::indicator The indicator of a QAbstractItemView, a QCheckBox, a QRadioButton, a checkable QMenu item or a checkable QGroupBox.
::handle The handle (slider) of a QScrollBar, a QSplitter, or a QSlider.
::icon The icon of a QAbstractItemView or a QMenu.
::item An item of a QAbstractItemView, a QMenuBar, a QMenu, or a QStatusBar.
::left-arrow The left arrow of a QScrollBar.
::left-corner The left corner of a QTabWidget. For example, this control can be used to control position the left corner widget in a QTabWidget.
::menu-arrow The arrow of a QToolButton with a menu.
::menu-button The menu button of a QToolButton.
::menu-indicator The menu indicator of a QPushButton.
::right-arrow The right arrow of a QMenu or a QScrollBar.
::pane The pane (frame) of a QTabWidget.
::right-corner The right corner of a QTabWidget. For example, this control can be used to control the position the right corner widget in a QTabWidget.
::scroller The scroller of a QMenu or QTabBar.
::section The section of a QHeaderView.
::separator The separator of a QMenu or in a QMainWindow.
::sub-line The button to subtract a line of a QScrollBar.
::sub-page The region between the handle (slider) and the sub-line of a QScrollBar.
::tab The tab of a QTabBar or QToolBox.
::tab The tab of a QTabBar or QToolBox.
::tab-bar The tab bar of a QTabWidget. This subcontrol exists only to control the position of the QTabBar inside the QTabWidget. To style the tabs using the ::tab subcontrol.
::tear The tear indicator of a QTabBar.
::tearoff The tear-off indicator of a QMenu.
::text The text of a QAbstractItemView.
::title The title of a QGroupBox or a QDockWidget.
::up-arrow The up arrow of a QHeaderView (sort indicator), QScrollBar or a QSpinBox.
::up-button The up button of a QSpinBox.

See Customizing the QPushButton’s Menu Indicator Sub-Control for an example of how to customize a subcontrol.