GlowingLabel.qml Example File

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  import QtQuick 2.9
  import QtQuick.Controls 2.3

  // This container and the transform on the Label are
  // necessary to get precise bounding rect of the text for layouting reasons,
  // since some of the labels' font sizes can get quite large.
  Item {
      id: root
      implicitHeight: labelTextMetrics.tightBoundingRect.height
      implicitWidth: label.implicitWidth

      property alias text: label.text
      property alias font: label.font
      property alias horizontalAlignment: label.horizontalAlignment
      property alias verticalAlignment: label.verticalAlignment
      property bool glowEnabled: true
      property color glowColor: colorGlow
      property color color: colorBright

      Label {
          id: label
          anchors.baseline: root.baseline
          color: root.color

          layer.enabled: root.glowEnabled
          layer.effect: CustomGlow {
              color: glowColor
          }

          TextMetrics {
              id: labelTextMetrics
              text: label.text
              font: label.font
          }

          transform: Translate {
              y: -labelTextMetrics.tightBoundingRect.y
          }
      }
  }