diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbquickmappingwizard.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/dbquickmappingwizard.cpp
index 52c54b356..506bc491a 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbquickmappingwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbquickmappingwizard.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@ namespace BlackGui
             // init if data already available
             this->onWebDataRead();
 
-            // \fixme setting per stylesheet does NOT work, this hardcoded stuff should be removed
+            /**
+            //! \todo remove this block when no longer needed after 2019-02
+            //! \fixme hardcoded stylesheet setting per stylesheet does NOT work, this hardcoded stuff should be removed
             const QString style("background-image: url(:/textures/icons/textures/texture-inner.jpg)");
             ui->wp2_Aircraft->setStyleSheet(style);
             ui->wp3_LiveryColor->setStyleSheet(style);
             ui->wp4_Livery->setStyleSheet(style);
             ui->wp5_Distributor->setStyleSheet(style);
+            **/
         }
 
         CDbQuickMappingWizard::~CDbQuickMappingWizard()
diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
index d0fa04fd1..c854928a9 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
@@ -258,12 +258,15 @@ namespace BlackGui
         BLACK_VERIFY_X(checkBox, Q_FUNC_INFO, "no checkbox");
         if (!checkBox) { return; }
 
-        static const QString background("background: rgba(40,40,40)"); //! \todo hardcoded, should come from stylesheet
+        static const QString background("background: rgba(40,40,40)"); //! \fixme hardcoded stylesheet setting, should come from stylesheet
         if (readOnly)
         {
             checkBox->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents);
             checkBox->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
-            checkBox->setStyleSheet(background);
+
+            // without that, the checkboxes appear not readonly
+            // obviously style sheet only does not work
+            checkBox->setStyleSheet(background); //! fixme hardcoded stylesheet setting
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss b/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
index a6f69f1e0..e3387da74 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ QCheckBox {
 
 /* CGuiUtility::checkBoxReadOnly */
 /* used for read-only checkboxes */
+/* QCheckBox[readOnly="true"] { background: rgba(40,40,40); } */
 
 QCheckBox::indicator {
   color: #b1b1b1;
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ BlackGui--Components--CRawFsdMessagesDialog,
 BlackGui--Components--CDbOwnModelsDialog,
 BlackGui--Components--CDbOwnModelSetDialog,
 BlackGui--Components--CFirstModelSetComponent,
+BlackGui--Components--CDbAircraftIcaoComponent,
+BlackGui--Components--CDbLiveryComponent,
 BlackGui--Components--CDbDistributorComponent,
 BlackGui--Components--CLegalInfoComponent
 {
@@ -473,9 +476,9 @@ QMenu {
   padding: 5px;
 }
 
-QMenu::item {
-  padding: 4px 25px 4px 20px;
-}
+/* until Qt 5.12 needed, now since Qt 5.12 causing issue
+QMenu::item { padding: 4px 25px 4px 20px; }
+**/
 
 /* fix margin style */
 QMenu > QFrame {
diff --git a/src/blackgui/stylesheetutility.cpp b/src/blackgui/stylesheetutility.cpp
index 165f3dd9e..3af26fb48 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/stylesheetutility.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/stylesheetutility.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 const QString f = fileInfo.fileName().toLower();
 
                 // keep even empty files as placeholders
-                newStyleSheets.insert(f, c);
+                newStyleSheets.insert(f, c); // set an empty string here to disable all stylesheet
             }
             file.close();
         }