Guides/Qt IDE/Configure/Styles

The Style page controls the text and background colors used to indicate selection and syntax-directed coloring.

The file is in the format of a Qt configuration file, containing lines of the form

name=color-with-decoration

divided by section markers, written in brackets.

color-with-decoration is 3 numbers giving the RGB of the color, optionally followed by one or more of the decorations bold and italic

In the [Edit] or [Term] section
Name of Color	What it applies to	Default
fore	Unselected text	0 0 0 (black)
back	The background color for unselected text, except for the edit line	221 252 222 (light yellow)
high	The background color for the edit line (the line that has been selected for typing)	240 240 232 (off-white)
selt	Selected text	255 255 255 (white)
selb	The background color for selected text	0 162 232 (cyan)
In the [Class] section
Name of Color	What it applies to	Default
adverb	Words with the indicated part of speech	221 68 68
comment		136 136 136 italic
conjunction		221 153 153
control		255 0 0
function		0 0 255
noun		0 0 255 bold
noundef		0 0 255
number		160 32 240
string		0 0 255
verb		0 153 102