[Python] In PySide6 how to set the QTableView cell font color when in edit mode?

I created a PySide6 application with a QTableView where the user can edit cells values. The QTableView parent QDialog has a blue background set with stylesheet:

background-color: #11375E;


and the QTableView has the stylesheet:

QHeaderView::section {
background-color: transparent;
border-style : hidden
}


QTableView cells font color is set to white in model with:

def data(self, index, role):
match role:
case Qt.ItemDataRole.ForegroundRole:
return QBrush(QColorConstants.White)


Cells are editable since I set the flags:

def flags(self, index):
return Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsEnabled|Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsEditable


With either OS dark or light theme the table correctly appears as:


The problem arises when in edit mode.
With dark theme the edit font is white:

but with light theme the text is black and barely visible:


I hoped that it was possible to be notified when the cell enters in edit mode, in order to programmatically set the font color, but I have still not found something like that.
Neither I was able to find a stylesheet property specific for cell font color in edit mode.

Continue reading...