PyQt5 - Unchecked background color of check box when hover Last Updated : 28 Apr, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report In this article we will see how to set background color to the check box for label part when mouse hover over it and it is in currently unchecked state. In order to do this we have to change the style sheet of the check box and have to add the background color for the unchecked state when mouse hover over it. Below is the style sheet code. QCheckBox::unchecked:hover { background-color : pink; } Below is the implementation. Python3 # 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 checkbox = QCheckBox('Geek ?', self) # setting geometry of check box checkbox.setGeometry(200, 150, 100, 30) # adding background color to the check box label part # when it is in unchecked state when mouse hover over it checkbox.setStyleSheet("QCheckBox::unchecked:hover" "{" "background-color : pink;" "}") # 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 - Unchecked background color of check box when hover R rakshitarora Follow Improve Article Tags : Python Python-PyQt Python-gui Practice Tags : python Similar Reads PyQt5 – Unchecked Check Box background when hovering In this article, we will see how to set background color to the check box for label part when mouse hover and it is in the currently checked state. In order to do this we have to change the style sheet of the check box and have to add the background color for the checked state when mouse hover over 2 min read PyQt5 - Background color of unchecked Check Box In this article we will see how to set color to the check box i.e to the label part when the check box is in unchecked state. We can set background color to the check box but that will remain same for all the states. In order to set background color for the unchecked state we have to change the styl 2 min read PyQt5 – Background color of radio button when hover In this article we will see how we can set background color to radio button when mouse(cursor) hover over the radio button, by default there is no background color set. When mouse hover over the radio button background color will appear. In order to do so we have to change the style sheet code. Belo 1 min read PyQt5 – Setting unchecked Check Box indicator background image when hover In this article we will see how to set background image to indicator of check box when it is in unchecked state and mouse hover. In order to do so we have to change the style sheet of the indicator in the check box for unchecked state and when mouse is moving over it. Below is the style sheet code. 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 Like