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QLineEdit Class Reference

The QLineEdit widget is a one-line text editor. More...

#include <qlineedit.h>

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Public Types

enum  ActionPosition { LeadingPosition , TrailingPosition }
 This enum type describes how a line edit should display the action widgets to be added. More...
 
enum  EchoMode { Normal , NoEcho , Password , PasswordEchoOnEdit }
 This enum type describes how a line edit should display its contents. More...
 
- Public Types inherited from QWidget
enum  RenderFlag { DrawWindowBackground = 0x1 , DrawChildren = 0x2 , IgnoreMask = 0x4 }
 This enum describes how to render the widget when calling QWidget::render(). More...
 
- Public Types inherited from QPaintDevice
enum  PaintDeviceMetric {
  PdmWidth = 1 , PdmHeight , PdmWidthMM , PdmHeightMM ,
  PdmNumColors , PdmDepth , PdmDpiX , PdmDpiY ,
  PdmPhysicalDpiX , PdmPhysicalDpiY , PdmDevicePixelRatio , PdmDevicePixelRatioScaled
}
 

Public Slots

void setText (const QString &)
 
void clear ()
 Clears the contents of the line edit.
 
void selectAll ()
 Selects all the text (highlights it) and moves the cursor to the end.
 
void undo ()
 Undoes the last operation if undo is \l{QLineEdit::undoAvailable}{available}.
 
void redo ()
 Redoes the last operation if redo is \l{QLineEdit::redoAvailable}{available}.
 
void cut ()
 Copies the selected text to the clipboard and deletes it, if there is any, and if echoMode() is \l Normal.
 
void copy () const
 Copies the selected text to the clipboard, if there is any, and if echoMode() is \l Normal.
 
void paste ()
 Inserts the clipboard's text at the cursor position, deleting any selected text, providing the line edit is not \l{QLineEdit::readOnly}{read-only}.
 
- Public Slots inherited from QWidget
void setEnabled (bool)
 
void setDisabled (bool)
 Disables widget input events if disable is true; otherwise enables input events.
 
void setWindowModified (bool)
 
void setWindowTitle (const QString &)
 
void setStyleSheet (const QString &styleSheet)
 
void setFocus ()
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Gives the keyboard input focus to this widget (or its focus proxy) if this widget or one of its parents is the \l{isActiveWindow()}{active window}.
 
void update ()
 Updates the widget unless updates are disabled or the widget is hidden.
 
void repaint ()
 Repaints the widget directly by calling paintEvent() immediately, unless updates are disabled or the widget is hidden.
 
virtual void setVisible (bool visible)
 
void setHidden (bool hidden)
 Convenience function, equivalent to setVisible(!hidden).
 
void show ()
 Shows the widget and its child widgets.
 
void hide ()
 Hides the widget.
 
void showMinimized ()
 Shows the widget minimized, as an icon.
 
void showMaximized ()
 Shows the widget maximized.
 
void showFullScreen ()
 Shows the widget in full-screen mode.
 
void showNormal ()
 Restores the widget after it has been maximized or minimized.
 
bool close ()
 Closes this widget.
 
void raise ()
 Raises this widget to the top of the parent widget's stack.
 
void lower ()
 Lowers the widget to the bottom of the parent widget's stack.
 
- Public Slots inherited from QObject
void deleteLater ()
 \threadsafe
 

Signals

void textChanged (const QString &)
 This signal is emitted whenever the text changes.
 
void textEdited (const QString &)
 This signal is emitted whenever the text is edited.
 
void cursorPositionChanged (int, int)
 This signal is emitted whenever the cursor moves.
 
void returnPressed ()
 This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is used.
 
void editingFinished ()
 This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is used, or if the line edit loses focus and its contents have changed since the last time this signal was emitted.
 
void selectionChanged ()
 This signal is emitted whenever the selection changes.
 
void inputRejected ()
 
- Signals inherited from QWidget
void windowTitleChanged (const QString &title)
 This signal is emitted when the window's title has changed, with the new title as an argument.
 
void windowIconChanged (const QIcon &icon)
 This signal is emitted when the window's icon has changed, with the new icon as an argument.
 
void windowIconTextChanged (const QString &iconText)
 This signal is emitted when the window's icon text has changed, with the new iconText as an argument.
 
void customContextMenuRequested (const QPoint &pos)
 This signal is emitted when the widget's \l contextMenuPolicy is Qt::CustomContextMenu, and the user has requested a context menu on the widget.
 
- Signals inherited from QObject
void destroyed (QObject *=nullptr)
 This signal is emitted immediately before the object obj is destroyed, after any instances of QPointer have been notified, and cannot be blocked.
 
void objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName, QPrivateSignal)
 This signal is emitted after the object's name has been changed.
 

Public Member Functions

 QLineEdit (QWidget *parent=nullptr)
 Constructs a line edit with no text.
 
 QLineEdit (const QString &, QWidget *parent=nullptr)
 Constructs a line edit containing the text contents as a child of parent.
 
 ~QLineEdit ()
 Destroys the line edit.
 
QString text () const
 
QString displayText () const
 
QString placeholderText () const
 
void setPlaceholderText (const QString &)
 
int maxLength () const
 
void setMaxLength (int)
 
void setFrame (bool)
 
bool hasFrame () const
 
void setClearButtonEnabled (bool enable)
 
bool isClearButtonEnabled () const
 
EchoMode echoMode () const
 
void setEchoMode (EchoMode)
 
bool isReadOnly () const
 
void setReadOnly (bool)
 
void setValidator (const QValidator *)
 Sets the validator for values of line edit to v.
 
const QValidatorvalidator () const
 Returns a pointer to the current input validator, or \nullptr if no validator has been set.
 
QSize sizeHint () const override
 Returns a recommended size for the widget.
 
QSize minimumSizeHint () const override
 Returns a minimum size for the line edit.
 
int cursorPosition () const
 
void setCursorPosition (int)
 
int cursorPositionAt (const QPoint &pos)
 Returns the cursor position under the point pos.
 
void setAlignment (Qt::Alignment flag)
 
Qt::Alignment alignment () const
 
void cursorForward (bool mark, int steps=1)
 Moves the cursor forward steps characters.
 
void cursorBackward (bool mark, int steps=1)
 Moves the cursor back steps characters.
 
void cursorWordForward (bool mark)
 Moves the cursor one word forward.
 
void cursorWordBackward (bool mark)
 Moves the cursor one word backward.
 
void backspace ()
 If no text is selected, deletes the character to the left of the text cursor, and moves the cursor one position to the left.
 
void del ()
 If no text is selected, deletes the character to the right of the text cursor.
 
void home (bool mark)
 Moves the text cursor to the beginning of the line unless it is already there.
 
void end (bool mark)
 Moves the text cursor to the end of the line unless it is already there.
 
bool isModified () const
 
void setModified (bool)
 
void setSelection (int, int)
 Selects text from position start and for length characters.
 
bool hasSelectedText () const
 
QString selectedText () const
 
int selectionStart () const
 Returns the index of the first selected character in the line edit (or -1 if no text is selected).
 
int selectionEnd () const
 Returns the index of the character directly after the selection in the line edit (or -1 if no text is selected).
 
int selectionLength () const
 Returns the length of the selection.
 
bool isUndoAvailable () const
 
bool isRedoAvailable () const
 
void setDragEnabled (bool b)
 
bool dragEnabled () const
 
void setCursorMoveStyle (Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)
 
Qt::CursorMoveStyle cursorMoveStyle () const
 
QString inputMask () const
 
void setInputMask (const QString &inputMask)
 
bool hasAcceptableInput () const
 
void setTextMargins (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
 
void setTextMargins (const QMargins &margins)
 
QMargins textMargins () const
 
void deselect ()
 Deselects any selected text.
 
void insert (const QString &)
 Deletes any selected text, inserts newText, and validates the result.
 
QMenucreateStandardContextMenu ()
 Creates the standard context menu, which is shown when the user clicks on the line edit with the right mouse button.
 
QVariant inputMethodQuery (Qt::InputMethodQuery) const override
 \reimp
 
Q_INVOKABLE QVariant inputMethodQuery (Qt::InputMethodQuery property, QVariant argument) const
 
void timerEvent (QTimerEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
bool event (QEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QWidget
 QWidget (QWidget *parent=nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags f=Qt::WindowFlags())
 Constructs a widget which is a child of parent, with widget flags set to f.
 
 ~QWidget ()
 Destroys the widget.
 
int devType () const override
 
WId winId () const
 Returns the window system identifier of the widget.
 
void createWinId ()
 
WId internalWinId () const
 
WId effectiveWinId () const
 
QStylestyle () const
 
void setStyle (QStyle *)
 Sets the widget's GUI style to style.
 
bool isWindow () const
 Returns true if the widget is an independent window, otherwise returns false.
 
bool isModal () const
 
Qt::WindowModality windowModality () const
 
void setWindowModality (Qt::WindowModality windowModality)
 
bool isEnabled () const
 
bool isEnabledTo (const QWidget *) const
 Returns true if this widget would become enabled if ancestor is enabled; otherwise returns false.
 
QRect frameGeometry () const
 
const QRectgeometry () const
 
QRect normalGeometry () const
 
int x () const
 
int y () const
 
QPoint pos () const
 
QSize frameSize () const
 
QSize size () const
 
int width () const
 
int height () const
 
QRect rect () const
 
QRect childrenRect () const
 
QRegion childrenRegion () const
 
QSize minimumSize () const
 
QSize maximumSize () const
 
int minimumWidth () const
 
int minimumHeight () const
 
int maximumWidth () const
 
int maximumHeight () const
 
void setMinimumSize (const QSize &)
 
void setMinimumSize (int minw, int minh)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This function corresponds to setMinimumSize(QSize(minw, minh)).
 
void setMaximumSize (const QSize &)
 
void setMaximumSize (int maxw, int maxh)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This function corresponds to setMaximumSize(QSize(maxw, maxh)).
 
void setMinimumWidth (int minw)
 
void setMinimumHeight (int minh)
 
void setMaximumWidth (int maxw)
 
void setMaximumHeight (int maxh)
 
QSize sizeIncrement () const
 
void setSizeIncrement (const QSize &)
 
void setSizeIncrement (int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Sets the x (width) size increment to w and the y (height) size increment to h.
 
QSize baseSize () const
 
void setBaseSize (const QSize &)
 
void setBaseSize (int basew, int baseh)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This corresponds to setBaseSize(QSize(basew, baseh)).
 
void setFixedSize (const QSize &)
 Sets both the minimum and maximum sizes of the widget to s, thereby preventing it from ever growing or shrinking.
 
void setFixedSize (int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Sets the width of the widget to w and the height to h.
 
void setFixedWidth (int w)
 Sets both the minimum and maximum width of the widget to w without changing the heights.
 
void setFixedHeight (int h)
 Sets both the minimum and maximum heights of the widget to h without changing the widths.
 
QPointF mapToGlobal (const QPointF &) const
 Translates the widget coordinate pos to global screen coordinates.
 
QPoint mapToGlobal (const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QPointF mapFromGlobal (const QPointF &) const
 Translates the global screen coordinate pos to widget coordinates.
 
QPoint mapFromGlobal (const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QPointF mapToParent (const QPointF &) const
 Translates the widget coordinate pos to a coordinate in the parent widget.
 
QPoint mapToParent (const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QPointF mapFromParent (const QPointF &) const
 Translates the parent widget coordinate pos to widget coordinates.
 
QPoint mapFromParent (const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QPointF mapTo (const QWidget *, const QPointF &) const
 Translates the widget coordinate pos to the coordinate system of parent.
 
QPoint mapTo (const QWidget *, const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QPointF mapFrom (const QWidget *, const QPointF &) const
 Translates the widget coordinate pos from the coordinate system of parent to this widget's coordinate system.
 
QPoint mapFrom (const QWidget *, const QPoint &) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QWidgetwindow () const
 Returns the window for this widget, i.e.
 
QWidgetnativeParentWidget () const
 
QWidgettopLevelWidget () const
 
const QPalettepalette () const
 
void setPalette (const QPalette &)
 
void setBackgroundRole (QPalette::ColorRole)
 Sets the background role of the widget to role.
 
QPalette::ColorRole backgroundRole () const
 Returns the background role of the widget.
 
void setForegroundRole (QPalette::ColorRole)
 Sets the foreground role of the widget to role.
 
QPalette::ColorRole foregroundRole () const
 Returns the foreground role.
 
const QFontfont () const
 
void setFont (const QFont &)
 
QFontMetrics fontMetrics () const
 Returns the font metrics for the widget's current font.
 
QFontInfo fontInfo () const
 Returns the font info for the widget's current font.
 
QCursor cursor () const
 
void setCursor (const QCursor &)
 
void unsetCursor ()
 
void setMouseTracking (bool enable)
 
bool hasMouseTracking () const
 
bool underMouse () const
 Returns true if the widget is under the mouse cursor; otherwise returns false.
 
void setTabletTracking (bool enable)
 
bool hasTabletTracking () const
 
void setMask (const QBitmap &)
 Causes only the pixels of the widget for which bitmap has a corresponding 1 bit to be visible.
 
void setMask (const QRegion &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Causes only the parts of the widget which overlap region to be visible.
 
QRegion mask () const
 Returns the mask currently set on a widget.
 
void clearMask ()
 Removes any mask set by setMask().
 
void render (QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset=QPoint(), const QRegion &sourceRegion=QRegion(), RenderFlags renderFlags=RenderFlags(DrawWindowBackground|DrawChildren))
 
void render (QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset=QPoint(), const QRegion &sourceRegion=QRegion(), RenderFlags renderFlags=RenderFlags(DrawWindowBackground|DrawChildren))
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Renders the widget into the painter's QPainter::device().
 
Q_INVOKABLE QPixmap grab (const QRect &rectangle=QRect(QPoint(0, 0), QSize(-1, -1)))
 
void grabGesture (Qt::GestureType type, Qt::GestureFlags flags=Qt::GestureFlags())
 Subscribes the widget to a given gesture with specific flags.
 
void ungrabGesture (Qt::GestureType type)
 Unsubscribes the widget from a given gesture type.
 
QString styleSheet () const
 
QString windowTitle () const
 
void setWindowIcon (const QIcon &icon)
 
QIcon windowIcon () const
 
void setWindowIconText (const QString &)
 
QString windowIconText () const
 
void setWindowRole (const QString &)
 Sets the window's role to role.
 
QString windowRole () const
 Returns the window's role, or an empty string.
 
void setWindowFilePath (const QString &filePath)
 
QString windowFilePath () const
 
void setWindowOpacity (qreal level)
 
qreal windowOpacity () const
 
bool isWindowModified () const
 
void setLayoutDirection (Qt::LayoutDirection direction)
 
Qt::LayoutDirection layoutDirection () const
 
void unsetLayoutDirection ()
 
void setLocale (const QLocale &locale)
 
QLocale locale () const
 
void unsetLocale ()
 
bool isRightToLeft () const
 
bool isLeftToRight () const
 
bool isActiveWindow () const
 
void activateWindow ()
 Sets the top-level widget containing this widget to be the active window.
 
void clearFocus ()
 Takes keyboard input focus from the widget.
 
void setFocus (Qt::FocusReason reason)
 Gives the keyboard input focus to this widget (or its focus proxy) if this widget or one of its parents is the \l{isActiveWindow()}{active window}.
 
Qt::FocusPolicy focusPolicy () const
 
void setFocusPolicy (Qt::FocusPolicy policy)
 
bool hasFocus () const
 
void setFocusProxy (QWidget *)
 Sets the widget's focus proxy to widget w.
 
QWidgetfocusProxy () const
 Returns the focus proxy, or \nullptr if there is no focus proxy.
 
Qt::ContextMenuPolicy contextMenuPolicy () const
 
void setContextMenuPolicy (Qt::ContextMenuPolicy policy)
 
void grabMouse ()
 Grabs the mouse input.
 
void grabMouse (const QCursor &)
 
void releaseMouse ()
 Releases the mouse grab.
 
void grabKeyboard ()
 Grabs the keyboard input.
 
void releaseKeyboard ()
 Releases the keyboard grab.
 
int grabShortcut (const QKeySequence &key, Qt::ShortcutContext context=Qt::WindowShortcut)
 Adds a shortcut to Qt's shortcut system that watches for the given key sequence in the given context.
 
void releaseShortcut (int id)
 Removes the shortcut with the given id from Qt's shortcut system.
 
void setShortcutEnabled (int id, bool enable=true)
 If enable is true, the shortcut with the given id is enabled; otherwise the shortcut is disabled.
 
void setShortcutAutoRepeat (int id, bool enable=true)
 
bool updatesEnabled () const
 
void setUpdatesEnabled (bool enable)
 
void update (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version updates a rectangle (x, y, w, h) inside the widget.
 
void update (const QRect &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version updates a rectangle rect inside the widget.
 
void update (const QRegion &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version repaints a region rgn inside the widget.
 
void repaint (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version repaints a rectangle (x, y, w, h) inside the widget.
 
void repaint (const QRect &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version repaints a rectangle rect inside the widget.
 
void repaint (const QRegion &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version repaints a region rgn inside the widget.
 
void stackUnder (QWidget *)
 Places the widget under w in the parent widget's stack.
 
void move (int x, int y)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This corresponds to move(QPoint(x, y)).
 
void move (const QPoint &)
 
void resize (int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This corresponds to resize(QSize(w, h)).
 
void resize (const QSize &)
 
void setGeometry (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This corresponds to setGeometry(QRect(x, y, w, h)).
 
void setGeometry (const QRect &)
 
QByteArray saveGeometry () const
 
bool restoreGeometry (const QByteArray &geometry)
 
void adjustSize ()
 Adjusts the size of the widget to fit its contents.
 
bool isVisible () const
 
bool isVisibleTo (const QWidget *) const
 Returns true if this widget would become visible if ancestor is shown; otherwise returns false.
 
bool isHidden () const
 Returns true if the widget is hidden, otherwise returns false.
 
bool isMinimized () const
 
bool isMaximized () const
 
bool isFullScreen () const
 
Qt::WindowStates windowState () const
 Returns the current window state.
 
void setWindowState (Qt::WindowStates state)
 Sets the window state to windowState.
 
void overrideWindowState (Qt::WindowStates state)
 
QSizePolicy sizePolicy () const
 
void setSizePolicy (QSizePolicy)
 
void setSizePolicy (QSizePolicy::Policy horizontal, QSizePolicy::Policy vertical)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Sets the size policy of the widget to horizontal and vertical, with standard stretch and no height-for-width.
 
virtual int heightForWidth (int) const
 Returns the preferred height for this widget, given the width w.
 
virtual bool hasHeightForWidth () const
 
QRegion visibleRegion () const
 Returns the unobscured region where paint events can occur.
 
void setContentsMargins (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
 Sets the margins around the contents of the widget to have the sizes left, top, right, and bottom.
 
void setContentsMargins (const QMargins &margins)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QMargins contentsMargins () const
 The contentsMargins function returns the widget's contents margins.
 
QRect contentsRect () const
 Returns the area inside the widget's margins.
 
QLayoutlayout () const
 Returns the layout manager that is installed on this widget, or \nullptr if no layout manager is installed.
 
void setLayout (QLayout *)
 Sets the layout manager for this widget to layout.
 
void updateGeometry ()
 Notifies the layout system that this widget has changed and may need to change geometry.
 
void setParent (QWidget *parent)
 Sets the parent of the widget to parent, and resets the window flags.
 
void setParent (QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This function also takes widget flags, f as an argument.
 
void scroll (int dx, int dy)
 Scrolls the widget including its children dx pixels to the right and dy downward.
 
void scroll (int dx, int dy, const QRect &)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This version only scrolls r and does not move the children of the widget.
 
QWidgetfocusWidget () const
 Returns the last child of this widget that setFocus had been called on.
 
QWidgetnextInFocusChain () const
 Returns the next widget in this widget's focus chain.
 
QWidgetpreviousInFocusChain () const
 The previousInFocusChain function returns the previous widget in this widget's focus chain.
 
bool acceptDrops () const
 
void setAcceptDrops (bool on)
 
void addAction (QAction *action)
 Appends the action action to this widget's list of actions.
 
void addActions (const QList< QAction * > &actions)
 Appends the actions actions to this widget's list of actions.
 
void insertActions (QAction *before, const QList< QAction * > &actions)
 Inserts the actions actions to this widget's list of actions, before the action before.
 
void insertAction (QAction *before, QAction *action)
 Inserts the action action to this widget's list of actions, before the action before.
 
void removeAction (QAction *action)
 Removes the action action from this widget's list of actions.
 
QList< QAction * > actions () const
 Returns the (possibly empty) list of this widget's actions.
 
QActionaddAction (const QString &text)
 
QActionaddAction (const QIcon &icon, const QString &text)
 
QActionaddAction (const QString &text, const QObject *receiver, const char *member, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
QActionaddAction (const QIcon &icon, const QString &text, const QObject *receiver, const char *member, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
template<typename... Args, typename = compatible_action_slot_args<Args...>>
QActionaddAction (const QString &text, Args &&...args)
 
template<typename... Args, typename = compatible_action_slot_args<Args...>>
QActionaddAction (const QIcon &icon, const QString &text, Args &&...args)
 
QWidgetparentWidget () const
 Returns the parent of this widget, or \nullptr if it does not have any parent widget.
 
void setWindowFlags (Qt::WindowFlags type)
 
Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags () const
 Window flags are a combination of a type (e.g.
 
void setWindowFlag (Qt::WindowType, bool on=true)
 
void overrideWindowFlags (Qt::WindowFlags type)
 Sets the window flags for the widget to flags, without telling the window system.
 
Qt::WindowType windowType () const
 Returns the window type of this widget.
 
QWidgetchildAt (int x, int y) const
 Returns the visible child widget at the position ({x}, {y}) in the widget's coordinate system.
 
QWidgetchildAt (const QPoint &p) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.Returns the visible child widget at point p in the widget's own coordinate system.
 
void setAttribute (Qt::WidgetAttribute, bool on=true)
 Sets the attribute attribute on this widget if on is true; otherwise clears the attribute.
 
bool testAttribute (Qt::WidgetAttribute) const
 Returns true if attribute attribute is set on this widget; otherwise returns false.
 
QPaintEnginepaintEngine () const override
 Returns the widget's paint engine.
 
void ensurePolished () const
 Ensures that the widget and its children have been polished by QStyle (i.e., have a proper font and palette).
 
bool isAncestorOf (const QWidget *child) const
 Returns true if this widget is a parent, (or grandparent and so on to any level), of the given child, and both widgets are within the same window; otherwise returns false.
 
bool autoFillBackground () const
 
void setAutoFillBackground (bool enabled)
 
QBackingStorebackingStore () const
 
QWindowwindowHandle () const
 If this is a native widget, return the associated QWindow.
 
QScreenscreen () const
 Returns the screen the widget is on.
 
void setScreen (QScreen *)
 Sets the screen on which the widget should be shown to screen.
 
Qt::InputMethodHints inputMethodHints () const
 
void setInputMethodHints (Qt::InputMethodHints hints)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QObject
Q_INVOKABLE QObject (QObject *parent=nullptr)
 Constructs an object with parent object parent.
 
virtual ~QObject ()
 Destroys the object, deleting all its child objects.
 
virtual bool eventFilter (QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 Filters events if this object has been installed as an event filter for the watched object.
 
QString objectName () const
 
Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD void setObjectName (const QString &name)
 Sets the object's name to name.
 
void setObjectName (QAnyStringView name)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
QBindable< QStringbindableObjectName ()
 
bool isWidgetType () const
 Returns true if the object is a widget; otherwise returns false.
 
bool isWindowType () const
 Returns true if the object is a window; otherwise returns false.
 
bool isQuickItemType () const
 Returns true if the object is a QQuickItem; otherwise returns false.
 
bool signalsBlocked () const noexcept
 Returns true if signals are blocked; otherwise returns false.
 
bool blockSignals (bool b) noexcept
 If block is true, signals emitted by this object are blocked (i.e., emitting a signal will not invoke anything connected to it).
 
QThreadthread () const
 Returns the thread in which the object lives.
 
bool moveToThread (QThread *thread QT6_DECL_NEW_OVERLOAD_TAIL)
 Changes the thread affinity for this object and its children and returns true on success.
 
int startTimer (int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType=Qt::CoarseTimer)
 This is an overloaded function that will start a timer of type timerType and a timeout of interval milliseconds.
 
int startTimer (std::chrono::nanoseconds time, Qt::TimerType timerType=Qt::CoarseTimer)
 
void killTimer (int id)
 Kills the timer with timer identifier, id.
 
void killTimer (Qt::TimerId id)
 
template<typename T >
findChild (QAnyStringView aName, Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 Returns the child of this object that can be cast into type T and that is called name, or \nullptr if there is no such object.
 
template<typename T >
QList< T > findChildren (QAnyStringView aName, Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 Returns all children of this object with the given name that can be cast to type T, or an empty list if there are no such objects.
 
template<typename T >
findChild (Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
template<typename T >
QList< T > findChildren (Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
const QObjectListchildren () const
 Returns a list of child objects.
 
void setParent (QObject *parent)
 Makes the object a child of parent.
 
void installEventFilter (QObject *filterObj)
 Installs an event filter filterObj on this object.
 
void removeEventFilter (QObject *obj)
 Removes an event filter object obj from this object.
 
QMetaObject::Connection connect (const QObject *sender, const char *signal, const char *member, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection) const
 
bool disconnect (const char *signal=nullptr, const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const char *member=nullptr) const
 
bool disconnect (const QObject *receiver, const char *member=nullptr) const
 
void dumpObjectTree () const
 Dumps a tree of children to the debug output.
 
void dumpObjectInfo () const
 Dumps information about signal connections, etc.
 
bool setProperty (const char *name, const QVariant &value)
 Sets the value of the object's name property to value.
 
bool setProperty (const char *name, QVariant &&value)
 
QVariant property (const char *name) const
 Returns the value of the object's name property.
 
QList< QByteArraydynamicPropertyNames () const
 
QBindingStoragebindingStorage ()
 
const QBindingStoragebindingStorage () const
 
QObjectparent () const
 Returns a pointer to the parent object.
 
bool inherits (const char *classname) const
 Returns true if this object is an instance of a class that inherits className or a QObject subclass that inherits className; otherwise returns false.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QPaintDevice
virtual ~QPaintDevice ()
 
bool paintingActive () const
 
int width () const
 
int height () const
 
int widthMM () const
 
int heightMM () const
 
int logicalDpiX () const
 
int logicalDpiY () const
 
int physicalDpiX () const
 
int physicalDpiY () const
 
qreal devicePixelRatio () const
 
qreal devicePixelRatioF () const
 
int colorCount () const
 
int depth () const
 

Protected Member Functions

void mousePressEvent (QMouseEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void mouseMoveEvent (QMouseEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void mouseReleaseEvent (QMouseEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void mouseDoubleClickEvent (QMouseEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent *) override
 Converts the given key press event into a line edit action.
 
void keyReleaseEvent (QKeyEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void focusInEvent (QFocusEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void focusOutEvent (QFocusEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void paintEvent (QPaintEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void changeEvent (QEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
void contextMenuEvent (QContextMenuEvent *) override
 Shows the standard context menu created with createStandardContextMenu().
 
void inputMethodEvent (QInputMethodEvent *) override
 \reimp
 
virtual void initStyleOption (QStyleOptionFrame *option) const
 Initialize option with the values from this QLineEdit.
 
QRect cursorRect () const
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from QWidget
bool event (QEvent *event) override
 This is the main event handler; it handles event event.
 
virtual void enterEvent (QEnterEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget enter events which are passed in the event parameter.
 
virtual void leaveEvent (QEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget leave events which are passed in the event parameter.
 
virtual void moveEvent (QMoveEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget move events which are passed in the event parameter.
 
virtual void resizeEvent (QResizeEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget resize events which are passed in the event parameter.
 
virtual void closeEvent (QCloseEvent *event)
 This event handler is called with the given event when Qt receives a window close request for a top-level widget from the window system.
 
virtual void actionEvent (QActionEvent *event)
 This event handler is called with the given event whenever the widget's actions are changed.
 
virtual void showEvent (QShowEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget show events which are passed in the event parameter.
 
virtual void hideEvent (QHideEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive widget hide events.
 
virtual bool nativeEvent (const QByteArray &eventType, void *message, qintptr *result)
 This special event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive native platform events identified by eventType which are passed in the message parameter.
 
int metric (PaintDeviceMetric) const override
 Internal implementation of the virtual QPaintDevice::metric() function.
 
void initPainter (QPainter *painter) const override
 Initializes the painter pen, background and font to the same as the given widget's.
 
QPaintDeviceredirected (QPoint *offset) const override
 
QPaintersharedPainter () const override
 
void create (WId=0, bool initializeWindow=true, bool destroyOldWindow=true)
 Creates a new widget window.
 
void destroy (bool destroyWindow=true, bool destroySubWindows=true)
 Frees up window system resources.
 
virtual bool focusNextPrevChild (bool next)
 Finds a new widget to give the keyboard focus to, as appropriate for Tab and Shift+Tab, and returns true if it can find a new widget, or false if it can't.
 
bool focusNextChild ()
 Finds a new widget to give the keyboard focus to, as appropriate for \uicontrol Tab, and returns true if it can find a new widget, or false if it can't.
 
bool focusPreviousChild ()
 Finds a new widget to give the keyboard focus to, as appropriate for \uicontrol Shift+Tab, and returns true if it can find a new widget, or false if it can't.
 
 QWidget (QWidgetPrivate &d, QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from QObject
QObjectsender () const
 Returns a pointer to the object that sent the signal, if called in a slot activated by a signal; otherwise it returns \nullptr.
 
int senderSignalIndex () const
 
int receivers (const char *signal) const
 Returns the number of receivers connected to the signal.
 
bool isSignalConnected (const QMetaMethod &signal) const
 
virtual void childEvent (QChildEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive child events.
 
virtual void customEvent (QEvent *event)
 This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive custom events.
 
virtual void connectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signal)
 
virtual void disconnectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signal)
 
 QObject (QObjectPrivate &dd, QObject *parent=nullptr)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from QPaintDevice
 QPaintDevice () noexcept
 

Properties

QString inputMask
 The validation input mask.
 
QString text
 The line edit's text.
 
int maxLength
 The maximum permitted length of the text.
 
bool frame
 Whether the line edit draws itself with a frame.
 
EchoMode echoMode
 The line edit's echo mode.
 
QString displayText
 The displayed text.
 
int cursorPosition
 The current cursor position for this line edit.
 
Qt::Alignment alignment
 The alignment of the line edit.
 
bool modified
 Whether the line edit's contents has been modified by the user.
 
bool hasSelectedText
 Whether there is any text selected.
 
QString selectedText
 The selected text.
 
bool dragEnabled
 Whether the line edit starts a drag if the user presses and moves the mouse on some selected text.
 
bool readOnly
 Whether the line edit is read-only.
 
bool undoAvailable
 Whether undo is available.
 
bool redoAvailable
 Whether redo is available.
 
bool acceptableInput
 Whether the input satisfies the inputMask and the validator.
 
QString placeholderText
 The line edit's placeholder text.
 
Qt::CursorMoveStyle cursorMoveStyle
 The movement style of the cursor in this line edit.
 
bool clearButtonEnabled
 Whether the line edit displays a clear button when it is not empty.
 
- Properties inherited from QWidget
bool modal
 whether the widget is a modal widget
 
Qt::WindowModality windowModality
 which windows are blocked by the modal widget
 
bool enabled
 whether the widget is enabled
 
QRect geometry
 the geometry of the widget relative to its parent and excluding the window frame
 
QRect frameGeometry
 geometry of the widget relative to its parent including any window frame
 
QRect normalGeometry
 the geometry of the widget as it will appear when shown as a normal (not maximized or full screen) top-level widget
 
int x
 the x coordinate of the widget relative to its parent including any window frame
 
int y
 the y coordinate of the widget relative to its parent and including any window frame
 
QPoint pos
 the position of the widget within its parent widget
 
QSize frameSize
 the size of the widget including any window frame
 
QSize size
 the size of the widget excluding any window frame
 
int width
 the width of the widget excluding any window frame
 
int height
 the height of the widget excluding any window frame
 
QRect rect
 the internal geometry of the widget excluding any window frame
 
QRect childrenRect
 the bounding rectangle of the widget's children
 
QRegion childrenRegion
 the combined region occupied by the widget's children
 
QSizePolicy sizePolicy
 the default layout behavior of the widget
 
QSize minimumSize
 the widget's minimum size
 
QSize maximumSize
 the widget's maximum size in pixels
 
int minimumWidth
 the widget's minimum width in pixels
 
int minimumHeight
 the widget's minimum height in pixels
 
int maximumWidth
 the widget's maximum width in pixels
 
int maximumHeight
 the widget's maximum height in pixels
 
QSize sizeIncrement
 the size increment of the widget
 
QSize baseSize
 the base size of the widget
 
QPalette palette
 the widget's palette
 
QFont font
 the font currently set for the widget
 
QCursor cursor
 the cursor shape for this widget
 
bool mouseTracking
 whether mouse tracking is enabled for the widget
 
bool tabletTracking
 whether tablet tracking is enabled for the widget
 
bool isActiveWindow
 whether this widget's window is the active window
 
Qt::FocusPolicy focusPolicy
 the way the widget accepts keyboard focus
 
bool focus
 whether this widget (or its focus proxy) has the keyboard input focus
 
Qt::ContextMenuPolicy contextMenuPolicy
 how the widget shows a context menu
 
bool updatesEnabled
 whether updates are enabled
 
bool visible
 whether the widget is visible
 
bool minimized
 whether this widget is minimized (iconified)
 
bool maximized
 whether this widget is maximized
 
bool fullScreen
 whether the widget is shown in full screen mode
 
QSize sizeHint
 the recommended size for the widget
 
QSize minimumSizeHint
 the recommended minimum size for the widget
 
bool acceptDrops
 whether drop events are enabled for this widget
 
QString windowTitle
 the window title (caption)
 
QIcon windowIcon
 the widget's icon
 
QString windowIconText
 the text to be displayed on the icon of a minimized window
 
double windowOpacity
 The level of opacity for the window.
 
bool windowModified
 whether the document shown in the window has unsaved changes
 
Qt::LayoutDirection layoutDirection
 the layout direction for this widget.
 
bool autoFillBackground
 whether the widget background is filled automatically
 
QString styleSheet
 the widget's style sheet
 
QLocale locale
 the widget's locale
 
QString windowFilePath
 the file path associated with a widget
 
Qt::InputMethodHints inputMethodHints
 What input method specific hints the widget has.
 
- Properties inherited from QObject
QString objectName
 the name of this object
 

Friends

class QAbstractSpinBox
 
class QAccessibleLineEdit
 
class QComboBox
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from QWidget
static void setTabOrder (QWidget *, QWidget *)
 Puts the second widget after the first widget in the focus order.
 
static void setTabOrder (std::initializer_list< QWidget * > widgets)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
static QWidgetmouseGrabber ()
 Returns the widget that is currently grabbing the mouse input.
 
static QWidgetkeyboardGrabber ()
 Returns the widget that is currently grabbing the keyboard input.
 
static QWidgetfind (WId)
 Returns a pointer to the widget with window identifier/handle id.
 
static QWidgetcreateWindowContainer (QWindow *window, QWidget *parent=nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags flags=Qt::WindowFlags())
 Creates a QWidget that makes it possible to embed window into a QWidget-based application.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from QObject
static QMetaObject::Connection connect (const QObject *sender, const char *signal, const QObject *receiver, const char *member, Qt::ConnectionType=Qt::AutoConnection)
 \threadsafe
 
static QMetaObject::Connection connect (const QObject *sender, const QMetaMethod &signal, const QObject *receiver, const QMetaMethod &method, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
template<typename Func1 , typename Func2 >
static QMetaObject::Connection connect (const typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer< Func1 >::Object *sender, Func1 signal, const typename QtPrivate::ContextTypeForFunctor< Func2 >::ContextType *context, Func2 &&slot, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
template<typename Func1 , typename Func2 >
static QMetaObject::Connection connect (const typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer< Func1 >::Object *sender, Func1 signal, Func2 &&slot)
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, const char *signal, const QObject *receiver, const char *member)
 \threadsafe
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, const QMetaMethod &signal, const QObject *receiver, const QMetaMethod &member)
 
static bool disconnect (const QMetaObject::Connection &)
 Disconnect a connection.
 
template<typename Func1 , typename Func2 >
static bool disconnect (const typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer< Func1 >::Object *sender, Func1 signal, const typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer< Func2 >::Object *receiver, Func2 slot)
 
template<typename Func1 >
static bool disconnect (const typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer< Func1 >::Object *sender, Func1 signal, const QObject *receiver, void **zero)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from QPaintDevice
static qreal devicePixelRatioFScale ()
 
- Protected Slots inherited from QWidget
void updateMicroFocus (Qt::InputMethodQuery query=Qt::ImQueryAll)
 Updates the widget's micro focus and informs input methods that the state specified by query has changed.
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from QObject
QScopedPointer< QObjectDatad_ptr
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from QPaintDevice
ushort painters
 

Detailed Description

The QLineEdit widget is a one-line text editor.

\inmodule QtWidgets

A line edit allows users to enter and edit a single line of plain text with useful editing functions, including undo and redo, cut and paste, and drag and drop.

By changing the echoMode() of a line edit, it can also be used as a write-only field for inputs such as passwords.

QTextEdit is a related class that allows multi-line, rich text editing.

Definition at line 27 of file qlineedit.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ ActionPosition

This enum type describes how a line edit should display the action widgets to be added.

\value LeadingPosition The widget is displayed to the left of the text when using layout direction Qt::LeftToRight or to the right when using Qt::RightToLeft, respectively.

\value TrailingPosition The widget is displayed to the right of the text when using layout direction Qt::LeftToRight or to the left when using Qt::RightToLeft, respectively.

See also
addAction(), removeAction(), QWidget::layoutDirection
Since
5.2
Enumerator
LeadingPosition 
TrailingPosition 

Definition at line 51 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ EchoMode

This enum type describes how a line edit should display its contents.

\value Normal Display characters as they are entered. This is the default. \value NoEcho Do not display anything. This may be appropriate for passwords where even the length of the password should be kept secret. \value Password Display platform-dependent password mask characters instead of the characters actually entered. \value PasswordEchoOnEdit Display characters only while they are entered. Otherwise, display characters as with Password.

See also
setEchoMode(), echoMode()
Enumerator
Normal 
NoEcho 
Password 
PasswordEchoOnEdit 

Definition at line 77 of file qlineedit.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QLineEdit() [1/2]

QLineEdit::QLineEdit ( QWidget * parent = nullptr)
explicit

Constructs a line edit with no text.

The maximum text length is set to 32767 characters.

The parent argument is sent to the QWidget constructor.

See also
setText(), setMaxLength()

Definition at line 238 of file qlineedit.cpp.

◆ QLineEdit() [2/2]

QLineEdit::QLineEdit ( const QString & contents,
QWidget * parent = nullptr )
explicit

Constructs a line edit containing the text contents as a child of parent.

The cursor position is set to the end of the line and the maximum text length to 32767 characters.

See also
text(), setMaxLength()

Definition at line 252 of file qlineedit.cpp.

◆ ~QLineEdit()

QLineEdit::~QLineEdit ( )

Destroys the line edit.

Definition at line 265 of file qlineedit.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ alignment()

Qt::Alignment QLineEdit::alignment ( ) const

Definition at line 747 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ backspace()

void QLineEdit::backspace ( )

If no text is selected, deletes the character to the left of the text cursor, and moves the cursor one position to the left.

If any text is selected, the cursor is moved to the beginning of the selected text, and the selected text is deleted.

See also
del()

Definition at line 822 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ changeEvent()

void QLineEdit::changeEvent ( QEvent * ev)
overrideprotectedvirtual

◆ clear

void QLineEdit::clear ( )
slot

Clears the contents of the line edit.

See also
setText(), insert()

Definition at line 1291 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by QFileDialogPrivate::enterDirectory(), QKeySequenceEditPrivate::init(), inputMethodEvent(), QFontDialogPrivate::updateSample(), QFontDialogPrivate::updateSizes(), and QFontDialogPrivate::updateStyles().

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◆ contextMenuEvent()

void QLineEdit::contextMenuEvent ( QContextMenuEvent * event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

Shows the standard context menu created with createStandardContextMenu().

If you do not want the line edit to have a context menu, you can set its \l contextMenuPolicy to Qt::NoContextMenu. To customize the context menu, reimplement this function. To extend the standard context menu, reimplement this function, call createStandardContextMenu(), and extend the menu returned.

void LineEdit::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
{
QMenu *menu = createStandardContextMenu();
menu->addAction(tr("My Menu Item"));
//...
menu->exec(event->globalPos());
delete menu;
}
The QContextMenuEvent class contains parameters that describe a context menu event.
Definition qevent.h:594

The event parameter is used to obtain the position where the mouse cursor was when the event was generated.

See also
setContextMenuPolicy()

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 2190 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References createStandardContextMenu(), menu, QMenu::popup(), QWidget::setAttribute(), and Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose.

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◆ copy

void QLineEdit::copy ( ) const
slot

Copies the selected text to the clipboard, if there is any, and if echoMode() is \l Normal.

See also
cut(), paste()

Definition at line 1393 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu(), and cut().

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◆ createStandardContextMenu()

QMenu * QLineEdit::createStandardContextMenu ( )

Creates the standard context menu, which is shown when the user clicks on the line edit with the right mouse button.

It is called from the default contextMenuEvent() handler. The popup menu's ownership is transferred to the caller.

Definition at line 2204 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References ACCEL_KEY, QMenu::addAction(), QMenu::addMenu(), QMenu::addSeparator(), QGuiApplication::clipboard(), QObject::connect(), QKeySequence::Copy, copy(), QKeySequence::Cut, cut(), d, QMenu::isEmpty(), isReadOnly(), Normal, QKeySequence::Paste, paste(), QStringLiteral, QKeySequence::Redo, redo(), QKeySequence::SelectAll, selectAll(), setActionIcon(), QAction::setEnabled(), QObject::setObjectName(), QGuiApplication::styleHints(), QAction::triggered(), QKeySequence::Undo, and undo().

Referenced by contextMenuEvent().

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◆ cursorBackward()

void QLineEdit::cursorBackward ( bool mark,
int steps = 1 )

Moves the cursor back steps characters.

If mark is true, each character moved over is added to the selection. If mark is false, the selection is cleared.

See also
cursorForward()

Definition at line 783 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References cursorForward().

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◆ cursorForward()

void QLineEdit::cursorForward ( bool mark,
int steps = 1 )

Moves the cursor forward steps characters.

If mark is true, each character moved over is added to the selection. If mark is false, the selection is cleared.

See also
cursorBackward()

Definition at line 769 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by cursorBackward().

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◆ cursorMoveStyle()

Qt::CursorMoveStyle QLineEdit::cursorMoveStyle ( ) const

Definition at line 1077 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ cursorPosition()

int QLineEdit::cursorPosition ( ) const

Definition at line 711 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ cursorPositionAt()

int QLineEdit::cursorPositionAt ( const QPoint & pos)

Returns the cursor position under the point pos.

Definition at line 727 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, QWidget::pos, and QPoint::x().

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◆ cursorPositionChanged

void QLineEdit::cursorPositionChanged ( int oldPos,
int newPos )
signal

This signal is emitted whenever the cursor moves.

The previous position is given by oldPos, and the new position by newPos.

See also
setCursorPosition(), cursorPosition()

Referenced by QAbstractSpinBox::setLineEdit(), and QComboBox::setLineEdit().

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◆ cursorRect()

QRect QLineEdit::cursorRect ( ) const
protected
Since
4.4

Returns a rectangle that includes the line edit cursor.

Definition at line 1780 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ cursorWordBackward()

void QLineEdit::cursorWordBackward ( bool mark)

Moves the cursor one word backward.

If mark is true, the word is also selected.

See also
cursorWordForward()

Definition at line 807 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ cursorWordForward()

void QLineEdit::cursorWordForward ( bool mark)

Moves the cursor one word forward.

If mark is true, the word is also selected.

See also
cursorWordBackward()

Definition at line 794 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ cut

void QLineEdit::cut ( )
slot

Copies the selected text to the clipboard and deletes it, if there is any, and if echoMode() is \l Normal.

If the current validator disallows deleting the selected text, cut() will copy without deleting.

See also
copy(), paste(), setValidator()

Definition at line 1377 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References copy(), del(), and hasSelectedText.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu().

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◆ del()

void QLineEdit::del ( )

If no text is selected, deletes the character to the right of the text cursor.

If any text is selected, the cursor is moved to the beginning of the selected text, and the selected text is deleted.

See also
backspace()

Definition at line 836 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by cut().

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◆ deselect()

void QLineEdit::deselect ( )

Deselects any selected text.

See also
setSelection(), selectAll()

Definition at line 1265 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by focusOutEvent(), mouseReleaseEvent(), and QComboBoxPrivate::returnPressed().

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◆ displayText()

QString QLineEdit::displayText ( ) const

Definition at line 345 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ dragEnabled()

bool QLineEdit::dragEnabled ( ) const

Definition at line 1048 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ echoMode()

QLineEdit::EchoMode QLineEdit::echoMode ( ) const

Definition at line 540 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ editingFinished

void QLineEdit::editingFinished ( )
signal

This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is used, or if the line edit loses focus and its contents have changed since the last time this signal was emitted.

Note
If there is a validator() or inputMask() set on the line edit and enter/return is used, the editingFinished() signal will only be emitted if the input follows the inputMask() and the validator() returns QValidator::Acceptable.

Referenced by event(), focusOutEvent(), and QComboBox::setLineEdit().

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◆ end()

void QLineEdit::end ( bool mark)

Moves the text cursor to the end of the line unless it is already there.

If mark is true, text is selected towards the last position. Otherwise, any selected text is unselected if the cursor is moved.

See also
home()

Definition at line 866 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by QComboBoxPrivate::returnPressed().

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◆ event()

bool QLineEdit::event ( QEvent * e)
overridevirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QObject.

Definition at line 1436 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QEvent::ActionRemoved, QEvent::ContextMenu, d, editingFinished(), emit, QWidget::event(), QWidget::hasFocus(), hasSelectedText, QEvent::Hide, initStyleOption(), opt, QEvent::Resize, QStyle::SH_BlinkCursorWhenTextSelected, QEvent::ShortcutOverride, QEvent::Show, QTimer::singleShot, QWidget::style(), QEvent::StyleChange, QEvent::type(), and QEvent::WindowActivate.

Referenced by QComboBoxPrivate::showPopupFromMouseEvent().

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◆ focusInEvent()

void QLineEdit::focusInEvent ( QFocusEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1896 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References Qt::BacktabFocusReason, d, hasSelectedText, initStyleOption(), Qt::MouseFocusReason, opt, Qt::PopupFocusReason, QFocusEvent::reason(), selectAll(), QStyle::SH_BlinkCursorWhenTextSelected, Qt::ShortcutFocusReason, QWidget::style(), Qt::TabFocusReason, QWidget::update(), and QWidget::updateMicroFocus().

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◆ focusOutEvent()

void QLineEdit::focusOutEvent ( QFocusEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1936 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QApplication::activePopupWidget(), Qt::ActiveWindowFocusReason, d, deselect(), editingFinished(), emit, QWidget::focusOutEvent(), hasAcceptableInput(), QWidget::parentWidget(), Qt::PopupFocusReason, and QFocusEvent::reason().

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◆ hasAcceptableInput()

bool QLineEdit::hasAcceptableInput ( ) const

Definition at line 1098 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by focusOutEvent(), and QWizardPage::isComplete().

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◆ hasFrame()

bool QLineEdit::hasFrame ( ) const

Definition at line 389 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ hasSelectedText()

bool QLineEdit::hasSelectedText ( ) const

Definition at line 916 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ home()

void QLineEdit::home ( bool mark)

Moves the text cursor to the beginning of the line unless it is already there.

If mark is true, text is selected towards the first position. Otherwise, any selected text is unselected if the cursor is moved.

See also
end()

Definition at line 851 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ initStyleOption()

void QLineEdit::initStyleOption ( QStyleOptionFrame * option) const
protectedvirtual

Initialize option with the values from this QLineEdit.

This method is useful for subclasses when they need a QStyleOptionFrame, but don't want to fill in all the information themselves.

See also
QStyleOption::initFrom()

Definition at line 73 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QWidget::contentsRect(), d, QStyleOptionFrame::None, QStyle::pixelMetric(), QStyle::PM_DefaultFrameWidth, QStyle::State_ReadOnly, QStyle::State_Sunken, and QWidget::style().

Referenced by changeEvent(), event(), focusInEvent(), minimumSizeHint(), paintEvent(), setSelection(), and sizeHint().

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◆ inputMask()

QString QLineEdit::inputMask ( ) const

Definition at line 1230 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ inputMethodEvent()

void QLineEdit::inputMethodEvent ( QInputMethodEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1788 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References clear(), QInputMethodEvent::commitString(), d, echoMode, QWidget::hasFocus(), QString::isEmpty(), Qt::Key_unknown, PasswordEchoOnEdit, and QInputMethodEvent::preeditString().

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◆ inputMethodQuery() [1/2]

◆ inputMethodQuery() [2/2]

QVariant QLineEdit::inputMethodQuery ( Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const
overridevirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1820 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References Qt::EnterKeyNext, Qt::ImEnterKeyType, inputMethodQuery(), QWidget::mapToGlobal(), next, QWidget::nextInFocusChain(), Qt::NoFocus, property, and QPointF::y().

Referenced by inputMethodQuery().

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◆ inputRejected

void QLineEdit::inputRejected ( )
signal
Since
5.12

This signal is emitted when the user uses a key that is not considered to be valid input. For example, if using a key results in a validator's \l {QValidator::validate()}{validate()} call to return \l {QValidator::Invalid}{Invalid}. Another case is when trying to enter more characters beyond the maximum length of the line edit.

Note
This signal will still be emitted when only a part of the text is accepted. For example, if there is a maximum length set and the clipboard text is longer than the maximum length when it is pasted.

Referenced by QLineEditPrivate::init().

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◆ insert()

void QLineEdit::insert ( const QString & newText)

Deletes any selected text, inserts newText, and validates the result.

If it is valid, it sets the new text as the new contents of the line edit.

See also
setText(), clear()

Definition at line 1279 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ isClearButtonEnabled()

bool QLineEdit::isClearButtonEnabled ( ) const

Definition at line 482 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References clearButtonActionNameC.

Referenced by setClearButtonEnabled().

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◆ isModified()

bool QLineEdit::isModified ( ) const

Definition at line 891 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ isReadOnly()

bool QLineEdit::isReadOnly ( ) const

Definition at line 1336 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu(), inputMethodQuery(), keyPressEvent(), keyReleaseEvent(), mouseReleaseEvent(), and setClearButtonEnabled().

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◆ isRedoAvailable()

bool QLineEdit::isRedoAvailable ( ) const

Definition at line 1034 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ isUndoAvailable()

bool QLineEdit::isUndoAvailable ( ) const

Definition at line 1018 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ keyPressEvent()

void QLineEdit::keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent * event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

Converts the given key press event into a line edit action.

If Return or Enter is used and the current text is valid (or can be \l{QValidator::fixup()}{made valid} by the validator), the signal returnPressed() is emitted.

See also
{Default Key Bindings}

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1713 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References Qt::ControlModifier, d, isReadOnly(), Qt::Key_Back, Qt::Key_No, Qt::Key_Select, and select().

Referenced by QFileDialogLineEdit::keyPressEvent().

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◆ keyReleaseEvent()

void QLineEdit::keyReleaseEvent ( QKeyEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1766 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, isReadOnly(), and QWidget::keyReleaseEvent().

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◆ maxLength()

int QLineEdit::maxLength ( ) const

Definition at line 370 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ minimumSizeHint()

QSize QLineEdit::minimumSizeHint ( ) const
overridevirtual

Returns a minimum size for the line edit.

The width returned is usually enough for at least one character.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 684 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QMargins::bottom(), QStyle::CT_LineEdit, d, QWidget::ensurePolished(), QWidget::fontMetrics(), QLineEditPrivate::horizontalMargin, initStyleOption(), QMargins::left(), opt, qMax(), QMargins::right(), QStyle::sizeFromContents(), QWidget::style(), QMargins::top(), and QLineEditPrivate::verticalMargin.

Referenced by QPrintPreviewDialogPrivate::init(), and QPrintPreviewDialogPrivate::updatePageNumLabel().

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◆ mouseDoubleClickEvent()

void QLineEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent ( QMouseEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1619 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QSinglePointEvent::button(), d, QApplication::doubleClickInterval, Qt::LeftButton, QSinglePointEvent::position(), position(), qBound(), and QPointF::toPoint().

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◆ mouseMoveEvent()

void QLineEdit::mouseMoveEvent ( QMouseEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1540 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QSinglePointEvent::buttons(), d, Qt::ImhNoPredictiveText, QWidget::layoutDirection, Qt::LeftButton, QSinglePointEvent::position(), Qt::RightToLeft, select(), QApplication::startDragDistance, and QPointF::toPoint().

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◆ mousePressEvent()

void QLineEdit::mousePressEvent ( QMouseEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1498 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QSinglePointEvent::button(), QWidget::cursor, d, Qt::ImhNoPredictiveText, Qt::LeftButton, QInputEvent::modifiers(), Normal, QSinglePointEvent::position(), QCoreApplication::QApplicationPrivate, Qt::RightButton, selectAll(), Qt::ShiftModifier, QApplication::startDragDistance, QApplication::startDragTime, and QPointF::toPoint().

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◆ mouseReleaseEvent()

void QLineEdit::mouseReleaseEvent ( QMouseEvent * e)
overrideprotectedvirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 1587 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QSinglePointEvent::button(), QGuiApplication::clipboard(), contains(), d, deselect(), isReadOnly(), Qt::LeftButton, Qt::MiddleButton, QSinglePointEvent::position(), QWidget::rect, QClipboard::Selection, and QPointF::toPoint().

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◆ paintEvent()

◆ paste

void QLineEdit::paste ( )
slot

Inserts the clipboard's text at the cursor position, deleting any selected text, providing the line edit is not \l{QLineEdit::readOnly}{read-only}.

If the end result would be invalid to the current \l{setValidator()}{validator}, nothing happens.

See also
copy(), cut()

Definition at line 1409 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu().

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◆ placeholderText()

QString QLineEdit::placeholderText ( ) const

Definition at line 315 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ redo

void QLineEdit::redo ( )
slot

Redoes the last operation if redo is \l{QLineEdit::redoAvailable}{available}.

Definition at line 1313 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu().

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◆ returnPressed

void QLineEdit::returnPressed ( )
signal

This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is used.

Note
If there is a validator() or inputMask() set on the line edit, the returnPressed() signal will only be emitted if the input follows the inputMask() and the validator() returns QValidator::Acceptable.

Referenced by QFileDialogPrivate::createWidgets(), and QComboBox::setLineEdit().

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◆ selectAll

void QLineEdit::selectAll ( )
slot

Selects all the text (highlights it) and moves the cursor to the end.

Note
This is useful when a default value has been inserted because if the user types before clicking on the widget, the selected text will be deleted.
See also
setSelection(), deselect()

Definition at line 1253 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu(), QFileDialogPrivate::createWidgets(), QFontDialogPrivate::familyHighlighted(), focusInEvent(), QComboBoxPrivate::itemSelected(), mousePressEvent(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::setSelected(), QFontDialogPrivate::sizeHighlighted(), QFontDialogPrivate::styleHighlighted(), QFontDialogPrivate::updateFamilies(), QFontDialogPrivate::updateSizes(), and QFontDialogPrivate::updateStyles().

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◆ selectedText()

QString QLineEdit::selectedText ( ) const

Definition at line 934 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ selectionChanged

void QLineEdit::selectionChanged ( )
signal

This signal is emitted whenever the selection changes.

See also
hasSelectedText(), selectedText()

Referenced by QComboBox::setLineEdit().

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◆ selectionEnd()

int QLineEdit::selectionEnd ( ) const

Returns the index of the character directly after the selection in the line edit (or -1 if no text is selected).

Since
5.10
See also
selectedText()
selectionStart()
selectionLength()

Definition at line 964 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by selectionLength().

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◆ selectionLength()

int QLineEdit::selectionLength ( ) const

Returns the length of the selection.

Since
5.10
See also
selectedText()
selectionStart()
selectionEnd()

Definition at line 978 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References selectionEnd(), and selectionStart().

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◆ selectionStart()

int QLineEdit::selectionStart ( ) const

Returns the index of the first selected character in the line edit (or -1 if no text is selected).

See also
selectedText()
selectionEnd()
selectionLength()

Definition at line 949 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), and selectionLength().

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◆ setAlignment()

void QLineEdit::setAlignment ( Qt::Alignment flag)

Definition at line 753 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References alignment, d, and QWidget::update().

Referenced by QFontDialogPrivate::init(), and QPrintPreviewDialogPrivate::init().

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◆ setClearButtonEnabled()

void QLineEdit::setClearButtonEnabled ( bool enable)

Definition at line 457 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References clearButtonActionNameC, d, isClearButtonEnabled(), isReadOnly(), Q_ASSERT, Q_UNUSED, QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetClearButton, QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetFadeInWithText, text, and TrailingPosition.

Referenced by QKeySequenceEditPrivate::init().

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◆ setCursorMoveStyle()

void QLineEdit::setCursorMoveStyle ( Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)

Definition at line 1083 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, and QWidget::style().

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◆ setCursorPosition()

void QLineEdit::setCursorPosition ( int pos)

Definition at line 717 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, and QWidget::pos.

Referenced by QDateTimeEditPrivate::clearSection(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::interpret(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::updateEdit(), and QDateTimeEditPrivate::updateEdit().

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◆ setDragEnabled()

void QLineEdit::setDragEnabled ( bool b)

Definition at line 1054 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ setEchoMode()

void QLineEdit::setEchoMode ( EchoMode mode)

Definition at line 546 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, Qt::ImhHiddenText, Qt::ImhNoAutoUppercase, Qt::ImhNoPredictiveText, Qt::ImhSensitiveData, QWidget::inputMethodHints, NoEcho, Normal, Password, QWidget::setInputMethodHints(), and QWidget::update().

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◆ setFrame()

void QLineEdit::setFrame ( bool enable)

Definition at line 491 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, QWidget::update(), and QWidget::updateGeometry().

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◆ setInputMask()

void QLineEdit::setInputMask ( const QString & inputMask)

Definition at line 1236 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, and inputMask.

◆ setMaxLength()

void QLineEdit::setMaxLength ( int maxLength)

Definition at line 376 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ setModified()

void QLineEdit::setModified ( bool modified)

Definition at line 897 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, and modified.

◆ setPlaceholderText()

void QLineEdit::setPlaceholderText ( const QString & placeholderText)

Definition at line 321 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, placeholderText, and QWidget::update().

Referenced by QKeySequenceEditPrivate::resetState().

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◆ setReadOnly()

void QLineEdit::setReadOnly ( bool enable)

Definition at line 1342 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References Qt::ArrowCursor, d, Qt::IBeamCursor, QEvent::ReadOnlyChange, QCoreApplication::sendEvent(), QWidget::setAttribute(), QWidget::setCursor(), QWidget::update(), Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled, and Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect.

Referenced by QtPrivate::QColorShower::QColorShower(), and QFontDialogPrivate::init().

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◆ setSelection()

void QLineEdit::setSelection ( int start,
int length )

Selects text from position start and for length characters.

Negative lengths are allowed.

See also
deselect(), selectAll(), selectedText()

Definition at line 990 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, initStyleOption(), opt, Q_UNLIKELY, qWarning, QStyle::SH_BlinkCursorWhenTextSelected, and QWidget::style().

Referenced by QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::setSelected(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::updateEdit(), and QDateTimeEditPrivate::updateEdit().

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◆ setText

◆ setTextMargins() [1/2]

void QLineEdit::setTextMargins ( const QMargins & margins)
Since
4.6 Sets the margins around the text inside the frame.
See also
textMargins()

Definition at line 1122 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d, QWidget::update(), and QWidget::updateGeometry().

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◆ setTextMargins() [2/2]

void QLineEdit::setTextMargins ( int left,
int top,
int right,
int bottom )
Since
4.5 Sets the margins around the text inside the frame to have the sizes left, top, right, and bottom.
See also
textMargins()

Definition at line 1111 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References setTextMargins().

Referenced by setTextMargins().

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◆ setValidator()

void QLineEdit::setValidator ( const QValidator * v)

Sets the validator for values of line edit to v.

The line edit's returnPressed() and editingFinished() signals will only be emitted if v validates the line edit's content as \l{QValidator::}{Acceptable}. The user may change the content to any \l{QValidator::}{Intermediate} value during editing, but will be prevented from editing the text to a value that v validates as \l{QValidator::}{Invalid}.

This allows you to constrain the text that will be stored when editing is done while leaving users with enough freedom to edit the text from one valid state to another.

To remove the current input validator, pass nullptr. The initial setting is to have no input validator (any input is accepted up to maxLength()).

See also
validator(), hasAcceptableInput(), QIntValidator, QDoubleValidator, QRegularExpressionValidator

Definition at line 596 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by QtPrivate::QColorShower::QColorShower(), QFontDialogPrivate::init(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::init(), QPrintPreviewDialogPrivate::updatePageNumLabel(), src_gui_util_qvalidator::Wrapper::wrapper0(), and src_gui_util_qvalidator::Wrapper::wrapper2().

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◆ sizeHint()

QSize QLineEdit::sizeHint ( ) const
overridevirtual

Returns a recommended size for the widget.

The width returned, in pixels, is usually enough for about 15 to 20 characters.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

Definition at line 659 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References QMargins::bottom(), QStyle::CT_LineEdit, d, QWidget::ensurePolished(), QWidget::font, QLineEditPrivate::horizontalMargin, iconSize, initStyleOption(), QMargins::left(), opt, QStyle::pixelMetric(), QStyle::PM_SmallIconSize, qMax(), QMargins::right(), QStyle::sizeFromContents(), QWidget::style(), QMargins::top(), and QLineEditPrivate::verticalMargin.

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◆ text()

QString QLineEdit::text ( ) const

Definition at line 285 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ textChanged

void QLineEdit::textChanged ( const QString & text)
signal

This signal is emitted whenever the text changes.

The text argument is the new text.

Unlike textEdited(), this signal is also emitted when the text is changed programmatically, for example, by calling setText().

Referenced by QInputDialogDoubleSpinBox::QInputDialogDoubleSpinBox(), QInputDialogSpinBox::QInputDialogSpinBox(), QFileDialogPrivate::createWidgets(), QInputDialogPrivate::ensureLineEdit(), QFontDialogPrivate::init(), QKeySequenceEditPrivate::init(), QLineEditPrivate::init(), main(), QAbstractSpinBox::setLineEdit(), and QComboBox::setLineEdit().

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◆ textEdited

void QLineEdit::textEdited ( const QString & text)
signal

This signal is emitted whenever the text is edited.

The text argument is the new text.

Unlike textChanged(), this signal is not emitted when the text is changed programmatically, for example, by calling setText().

Referenced by QtPrivate::QColorShower::QColorShower().

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◆ textMargins()

QMargins QLineEdit::textMargins ( ) const
Since
4.6 Returns the widget's text margins.
See also
setTextMargins()

Definition at line 1136 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ timerEvent()

void QLineEdit::timerEvent ( QTimerEvent * e)
overridevirtual

\reimp

Reimplemented from QObject.

Definition at line 1420 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

◆ undo

void QLineEdit::undo ( )
slot

Undoes the last operation if undo is \l{QLineEdit::undoAvailable}{available}.

Deselects any current selection, and updates the selection start to the current cursor position.

Definition at line 1303 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Referenced by createStandardContextMenu().

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◆ validator()

const QValidator * QLineEdit::validator ( ) const

Returns a pointer to the current input validator, or \nullptr if no validator has been set.

See also
setValidator()

Definition at line 570 of file qlineedit.cpp.

References d.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ QAbstractSpinBox

friend class QAbstractSpinBox
friend

Definition at line 209 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ QAccessibleLineEdit

friend class QAccessibleLineEdit
friend

Definition at line 210 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ QComboBox

friend class QComboBox
friend

Definition at line 211 of file qlineedit.h.

Property Documentation

◆ acceptableInput

QLineEdit::acceptableInput
read

Whether the input satisfies the inputMask and the validator.

By default, this property is true.

See also
setInputMask(), setValidator()

Definition at line 46 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ alignment

QLineEdit::alignment
readwrite

The alignment of the line edit.

Both horizontal and vertical alignment is allowed here, Qt::AlignJustify will map to Qt::AlignLeft.

By default, this property contains a combination of Qt::AlignLeft and Qt::AlignVCenter.

See also
Qt::Alignment

Definition at line 38 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by setAlignment().

◆ clearButtonEnabled

QLineEdit::clearButtonEnabled
readwrite

Whether the line edit displays a clear button when it is not empty.

If enabled, the line edit displays a trailing \uicontrol clear button when it contains some text. Otherwise, the line edit does not show a \uicontrol clear button (the default).

See also
addAction(), removeAction()
Since
5.2

Definition at line 49 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ cursorMoveStyle

QLineEdit::cursorMoveStyle
readwrite

The movement style of the cursor in this line edit.

Since
4.8

When this property is set to Qt::VisualMoveStyle, the line edit will use a visual movement style. Using the left arrow key will always cause the cursor to move left, regardless of the text's writing direction. The same behavior applies to the right arrow key.

When the property is set to Qt::LogicalMoveStyle (the default), within a left-to-right (LTR) text block, using the left arrow key will increase the cursor position, whereas using the right arrow key will decrease the cursor position. If the text block is right-to-left (RTL), the opposite behavior applies.

Definition at line 48 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ cursorPosition

QLineEdit::cursorPosition
readwrite

The current cursor position for this line edit.

Setting the cursor position causes a repaint when appropriate.

By default, this property contains a value of 0.

Definition at line 37 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by QDateTimeEditPrivate::clearSection(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::cursorPosition(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorTextChanged(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::interpret(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::interpret(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::stepBy(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::updateCache(), and QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::updateEdit().

◆ displayText

QLineEdit::displayText
read

The displayed text.

If \l echoMode is \l Normal, this returns the same as text(). If \l EchoMode is \l Password or \l PasswordEchoOnEdit, it returns a string of platform-dependent password mask characters (e.g. "******"). If \l EchoMode is \l NoEcho, it returns an empty string.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

See also
setEchoMode(), text(), EchoMode

Definition at line 36 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by QSpinBoxPrivate::emitSignals(), QDoubleSpinBoxPrivate::emitSignals(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::interpret(), QAbstractSpinBox::text(), and QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::updateEdit().

◆ dragEnabled

QLineEdit::dragEnabled
readwrite

Whether the line edit starts a drag if the user presses and moves the mouse on some selected text.

Dragging is disabled by default.

Definition at line 42 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ echoMode

QLineEdit::echoMode
readwrite

The line edit's echo mode.

The echo mode determines how the text entered in the line edit is displayed (or echoed) to the user.

The most common setting is \l Normal, in which the text entered by the user is displayed verbatim. QLineEdit also supports modes that allow the entered text to be suppressed or obscured: these include \l NoEcho, \l Password and \l PasswordEchoOnEdit.

The widget's display and the ability to copy or drag the text is affected by this setting.

By default, this property is set to \l Normal.

See also
EchoMode, displayText()

Definition at line 35 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by inputMethodEvent().

◆ frame

QLineEdit::frame
readwrite

Whether the line edit draws itself with a frame.

If enabled (the default), the line edit draws itself inside a frame. Otherwise, the line edit draws itself without any frame.

Definition at line 34 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ hasSelectedText

QLineEdit::hasSelectedText
read

Whether there is any text selected.

hasSelectedText() returns true if some or all of the text has been selected by the user. Otherwise, it returns false.

By default, this property is false.

See also
selectedText()

Definition at line 40 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by cut(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), event(), and focusInEvent().

◆ inputMask

QLineEdit::inputMask
readwrite

The validation input mask.

Sets the QLineEdit's validation mask. Validators can be used instead of, or in conjunction with masks; see setValidator(). The default is an empty string, which means that no input mask is used.

To unset the mask and return to normal QLineEdit operation, pass an empty string.

The input mask is an input template string. It can contain the following elements: \table \row

  • Mask Characters
  • Defines the \l {QChar::} {Category} of input characters that are considered valid in this position. \row
  • Meta Characters
  • Various special meanings (see details below). \row
  • Separators
  • All other characters are regarded as immutable separators. \endtable

The following table shows the mask and meta characters that can be used in an input mask.

\table \header

  • Mask Character
  • Meaning \row
  • A
  • Character of the Letter category required, such as A-Z, a-z. \row
  • a
  • Character of the Letter category permitted but not required. \row
  • N
  • Character of the Letter or Number category required, such as A-Z, a-z, 0-9. \row
  • n
  • Character of the Letter or Number category permitted but not required. \row
  • X
  • Any non-blank character required. \row
  • x
  • Any non-blank character permitted but not required. \row
  • 9
  • Character of the Number category required, such as 0-9. \row
  • 0
  • Character of the Number category permitted but not required. \row
  • D
  • Character of the Number category and larger than zero required, such as 1-9. \row
  • d
  • Character of the Number category and larger than zero permitted but not required, such as 1-9. \row
  • #
  • Character of the Number category, or plus/minus sign permitted but not required. \row
  • H
  • Hexadecimal character required. A-F, a-f, 0-9. \row
  • h
  • Hexadecimal character permitted but not required. \row
  • B
  • Binary character required. 0-1. \row
  • b
  • Binary character permitted but not required. \header
  • Meta Character
  • Meaning \row
  • >
  • All following alphabetic characters are uppercased. \row
  • <
  • All following alphabetic characters are lowercased. \row
  • !
  • Switch off case conversion. \row
  • {;c}
  • Terminates the input mask and sets the {blank} character to {c}. \row
  • {[ ] { }}
  • Reserved. \row
  • \tt{\}
  • Use \tt{\} to escape the special characters listed above to use them as separators. \endtable

When created or cleared, the line edit will be filled with a copy of the input mask string where the meta characters have been removed, and the mask characters have been replaced with the {blank} character (by default, a space).

When an input mask is set, the text() method returns a modified copy of the line edit content where all the {blank} characters have been removed. The unmodified content can be read using displayText().

The hasAcceptableInput() method returns false if the current content of the line edit does not fulfill the requirements of the input mask.

Examples: \table \header

  • Mask
  • Notes \row
  • 000.000.000.000;_
  • IP address; blanks are {_}. \row
  • HH:HH:HH:HH:HH:HH;_
  • MAC address \row
  • 0000-00-00
  • ISO Date; blanks are space \row
  • >AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA;#
  • License number; blanks are {#} and all (alphabetic) characters are converted to uppercase. \endtable

To get range control (e.g., for an IP address) use masks together with \l{setValidator()}{validators}.

See also
maxLength, QChar::isLetter(), QChar::isNumber(), QChar::digitValue()

Definition at line 31 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by setInputMask().

◆ maxLength

QLineEdit::maxLength
readwrite

The maximum permitted length of the text.

If the text is too long, it is truncated at the limit.

If truncation occurs, any selected text will be unselected, the cursor position is set to 0, and the first part of the string is shown.

If the line edit has an input mask, the mask defines the maximum string length.

By default, this property contains a value of 32767.

See also
inputMask

Definition at line 33 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by inputMethodQuery().

◆ modified

QLineEdit::modified
readwrite

Whether the line edit's contents has been modified by the user.

The modified flag is never read by QLineEdit; it has a default value of false and is changed to true whenever the user changes the line edit's contents.

This is useful for things that need to provide a default value but do not start out knowing what the default should be (for example, it depends on other fields on the form). Start the line edit without the best default, and when the default is known, if modified() returns false (the user hasn't entered any text), insert the default value.

Calling setText() resets the modified flag to false.

Definition at line 39 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by setModified().

◆ placeholderText

QLineEdit::placeholderText
readwrite

The line edit's placeholder text.

Since
4.7

Setting this property makes the line edit display a grayed-out placeholder text as long as the line edit is empty.

Normally, an empty line edit shows the placeholder text even when it has focus. However, if the content is horizontally centered, the placeholder text is not displayed under the cursor when the line edit has focus.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

See also
text()

Definition at line 47 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by setPlaceholderText().

◆ readOnly

QLineEdit::readOnly
readwrite

Whether the line edit is read-only.

In read-only mode, the user can still copy the text to the clipboard, or drag and drop the text (if echoMode() is \l Normal), but cannot edit it.

QLineEdit does not show a cursor in read-only mode.

By default, this property is false.

See also
setEnabled()

Definition at line 43 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ redoAvailable

QLineEdit::redoAvailable
read

Whether redo is available.

Redo becomes available once the user has performed one or more undo operations on the text in the line edit.

By default, this property is false.

Definition at line 45 of file qlineedit.h.

◆ selectedText

QLineEdit::selectedText
read

The selected text.

If there is no selected text, this property's value is an empty string.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

See also
hasSelectedText()

Definition at line 41 of file qlineedit.h.

Referenced by QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), QDateTimeEditPrivate::editorCursorPositionChanged(), inputMethodQuery(), QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate::updateEdit(), and QDateTimeEditPrivate::updateEdit().

◆ text

QLineEdit::text
readwrite

◆ undoAvailable

QLineEdit::undoAvailable
read

Whether undo is available.

Undo becomes available once the user has modified the text in the line edit.

By default, this property is false.

Definition at line 44 of file qlineedit.h.


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