PyQt5 – Background image to pressed indicator when pressed from checked state | Check Box

19 June 2025

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In this article we will see how to add background image to the pressed indicator which was initially in the checked state. In order to do this we have to change the style sheet code associated with the check box object and have to add background image to the indicator of checked state when it get pressed.

Below is the style sheet code.

QCheckBox::indicator:checked:pressed
{
background-image : url(image.png);
}

Below is the implementation.

# 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, 60) 
  
        # changing size of indicator 
        # adding background image to the pressed indicator 
        # when it is in checked state 
        checkbox.setStyleSheet("QCheckBox::indicator"
                               "{"
                               "width : 60px;"
                               "height : 60px;"
                               "}"
                               "QCheckBox::indicator:checked:pressed"
                               "{"
                               "background-image : url(indicator_image.png);"
                               "}") 
  
  
# create pyqt5 app 
App = QApplication(sys.argv) 
  
# create the instance of our Window 
window = Window() 
  
# start the app 
sys.exit(App.exec()) 