PyQt5 – How to change check box background color when pressed Last Updated : 22 Apr, 2020 Summarize Comments Improve Suggest changes Share Like Article Like Report In this article we will see how we can set background color to the check box when it is pressed. By default there is no background color associated with it. This background color will only appear check box get pressed. In order to add background color to the check box we have to change the style sheet code, below is the style sheet code to do this. QCheckBox::pressed { background-color : lightgreen; } Below is the implementation Python3 1== # importing libraries from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtCore import * import sys class Window(QMainWindow): def __init__(self): super().__init__() # setting title self.setWindowTitle("Python ") # setting geometry self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400) # calling method self.UiComponents() # showing all the widgets self.show() # method for widgets def UiComponents(self): # creating the check-box checkbox1 = QCheckBox('Geek ?', self) # setting geometry of check box checkbox1.setGeometry(200, 150, 100, 40) # changing style sheet code of check box # adding background color to check box when it get pressed checkbox1.setStyleSheet("QCheckBox::pressed" "{" "background-color : lightgreen;" "}") # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App.exec()) Output : Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article PyQt5 – How to change check box background color when pressed R rakshitarora Follow Improve Article Tags : Python Python-PyQt Python-gui Practice Tags : python Similar Reads PyQt5 – How to change check box background color to when mouse hover In this article we will see how to set background color to the check box when mouse hover over it. By default there is no background color associated with it. This background color will only appear when mouse hover over it. In order to add background color to the check box we have to change the styl 2 min read PyQt5 – Background color for pressed check box in checked state In this article we will see how to set the color to the check box when it get pressed while in the checked state. By default no pressed color is set to the label part of the check box, although indicator by default has a light blue background color when it get pressed. In order to add background col 2 min read PyQt5 – Change check box background image when it is pressed In this article we will see how to set background image to the check box when it is pressed. By default there is no background image associated with it. This background image will only appear check box get pressed. In order to add background image to the check box we have to change the style sheet c 2 min read PyQt5 - Background color for pressed check box in unchecked state In this article we will see how to set the color to the check box when it get pressed while in the unchecked state. By default no pressed color is set to the label part of the check box, although indicator by default has a light blue background color when it get pressed. In order to add background c 2 min read PyQt5 – Setting background image of check box indicator when pressed In this article we will see how to set background image to the indicator of check box when it is pressed. By default there is blue color associated when check box get pressed. This background image will only appear check box get pressed. In order to add background image to the indicator check box we 2 min read Like