Get and set QPalette data

get_set_palette_data.py

from PySide import QtGui
#from PyQt4 import QtGui
import pickle

STYLE = 'plastique'
GROUPS = ['Disabled', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Normal']
ROLES = [
		'AlternateBase',
		'Background', 
		'Base',
		'Button',
		'ButtonText',
		'BrightText',
		'Dark',
		'Foreground',
		'Highlight',
		'HighlightedText',
		'Light',
		'Link',
		'LinkVisited',
		'Mid',
		'Midlight',
		'Shadow',
		'ToolTipBase',
		'ToolTipText',
		'Text',
		'Window',
		'WindowText'
		]




def getPaletteInfo():
	palette = QtGui.QApplication.palette()
	
	# ColorGroups
	groups = []
	for name in dir(QtGui.QPalette):
		if isinstance(getattr(QtGui.QPalette, name), QtGui.QPalette.ColorGroup):
			if name != 'All' and name != 'NColorGroups' and name != 'Current':
				print 'ColorGroup: ' + name
				groups.append(name)
	# ColorRoles
	roles = []
	for name in dir(QtGui.QPalette):
		if isinstance(getattr(QtGui.QPalette, name), QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole):
			if name != 'NColorRoles' and name != 'NoRole':
				print 'ColorRole: ' + name
				roles.append(name)
		
	
	#build a dict with all the colors
	result = {}    
	for role in ROLES:
		
		for group in GROUPS:
			qGrp = getattr(QtGui.QPalette, group)
			qRl = getattr(QtGui.QPalette, role)
			result['%s:%s' % (role, group)] =  palette.color(qGrp, qRl).rgba()
	return result
		
def setPaletteFromDct(dct):
	palette = QtGui.QPalette()
	for role in ROLES:
		for group in GROUPS:
			color = QtGui.QColor(dct['%s:%s' % (role, group)])
			qGrp = getattr(QtGui.QPalette, group)
			qRl = getattr(QtGui.QPalette, role)
			palette.setColor(qGrp, qRl, color)
	QtGui.QApplication.setPalette(palette)


def setStylePlastique():
	QtGui.QApplication.setStyle(STYLE)

def setMayaTweaks():
	base_palette = QtGui.QApplication.palette()

	# Set custom colors
	LIGHT_COLOR = QtGui.QColor(100, 100, 100)
	MID_COLOR = QtGui.QColor(68, 68, 68)

	# Create a new palette
	tab_palette = QtGui.QPalette(base_palette)
	tab_palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Window, QtGui.QBrush(LIGHT_COLOR))
	tab_palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Button, QtGui.QBrush(MID_COLOR))

	# Define the widgets that needs tweaking
	widget_palettes = {}
	widget_palettes["QTabBar"] = tab_palette
	widget_palettes["QTabWidget"] = tab_palette

	# Set the new tweaked palette
	for name, palette in widget_palettes.items():
		QtGui.QApplication.setPalette(palette, name)

def write_pickle(data):
	# write
	with open('c:/qpalette.pickle', 'wb') as handle:
		pickle.dump(data, handle)

def read_pickle():
	# read
	with open('c:/qpalette.pickle', 'rb') as handle:
		data = pickle.load(handle)
	return data





# Example: fetch palette data
data = getPaletteInfo()
print data
write_pickle(data)

# Example: read and set palette
#data = read_pickle()
#print data
#setPaletteFromDct(data)
#setStylePlastique()
#setMayaTweaks()