QtPyVCP Tutorial

I'm having a hard time getting the CSS file to be applied when following the tutorial. Any changes I make to the 'style.qss' file are ignored. In fact it seems like the current Mint system theme is applied to the VCP instead. anything that I can try to force the CSS? thanks!

Do you have the correct QSS file specified in the YAML file?
If so it will override any system theme.

yes, that is exactly what is in the YAML file. If I change the version number or name in the YAML file those changes show up, so I know I'm editing the correct file.

I also tried it editing the .INI file, but that also seem to be ignored.

lastly, I tried 'pip install kwargs' thinking that I had a problem with python as I've already found I was missing other dependencies while setting up both QtPyVCP and the tutorial. This didn't make any difference. QT designer seems like really intuitive software but this is my first Python project so I'm concerned I'm just missing something more fundamental that's creating difficulties in following what should be a pretty basic tutorial.

for reference I'm using this ISO, though I don't know think that is relevant:
forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...aver-mint-iso#165631

It doesn't matter which VCP is chosen, but in all cases the same lines are logged in terminal: 'custom stylesheet disabled'

I guess I am not entirely sure what the problem you are having is. Is the QSS not being applied? If so make sure there are no syntax errors in your style sheet, as that will prevent it from loading, but it should throw errors indicating the problem.

You can try using the --stylesheet option when launching QtPyVCP and passing the full path to the QSS file and see if that works. Run qtpyvcp -h for help on how to use the option.

The qt5ct plugin warnings you are seeing are completely unrelated to QtPyVCP. This is the Qt System settings plugin, used for setting global fonts, icon sets etc. I don't know why it prints those messages, but they are talking about the QTPyVCP style sheet.

Cheers,
Kurt

To clarify, the QSS files are being ignored when the VCP loads. It does not matter what VCP is chosen. I have not edited any of the files. In all cases the Mint system theme overrides any and all style settings within the VCP. I've attached a screenshot of one of the sample vcp files.

again, I've not edited or changed anything. I hope this makes sense.