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# QLineEdit Class

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

Header: | #include <QLineEdit>
CMake: | find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets) target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)
qmake: | QT += widgets
Inherits: | QWidget

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum | ActionPosition { LeadingPosition, TrailingPosition }
enum | EchoMode { Normal, NoEcho, Password, PasswordEchoOnEdit }

## Properties

acceptableInput : const bool alignment : Qt::Alignment clearButtonEnabled : bool cursorMoveStyle : Qt::CursorMoveStyle cursorPosition : int displayText : const QString dragEnabled : bool echoMode : EchoMode frame : bool hasSelectedText : const bool | inputMask : QString maxLength : int modified : bool placeholderText : QString readOnly : bool redoAvailable : const bool selectedText : const QString text : QString undoAvailable : const bool

## Public Functions

| QLineEdit(const QString &contents, QWidget *parent = nullptr)
| QLineEdit(QWidget *parent = nullptr)
virtual | ~QLineEdit()
void | addAction(QAction *action, QLineEdit::ActionPosition position)
QAction * | addAction(const QIcon &icon, QLineEdit::ActionPosition position)
Qt::Alignment | alignment() const
void | backspace()
QCompleter * | completer() const
QMenu * | createStandardContextMenu()
void | cursorBackward(bool mark, int steps = 1)
void | cursorForward(bool mark, int steps = 1)
Qt::CursorMoveStyle | cursorMoveStyle() const
int | cursorPosition() const
int | cursorPositionAt(const QPoint &pos)
void | cursorWordBackward(bool mark)
void | cursorWordForward(bool mark)
void | del()
void | deselect()
QString | displayText() const
bool | dragEnabled() const
QLineEdit::EchoMode | echoMode() const
void | end(bool mark)
bool | hasAcceptableInput() const
bool | hasFrame() const
bool | hasSelectedText() const
void | home(bool mark)
QString | inputMask() const
void | insert(const QString &newText)
bool | isClearButtonEnabled() const
bool | isModified() const
bool | isReadOnly() const
bool | isRedoAvailable() const
bool | isUndoAvailable() const
int | maxLength() const
QString | placeholderText() const
QString | selectedText() const
int | selectionEnd() const
int | selectionLength() const
int | selectionStart() const
void | setAlignment(Qt::Alignment flag)
void | setClearButtonEnabled(bool enable)
void | setCompleter(QCompleter *c)
void | setCursorMoveStyle(Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)
void | setCursorPosition(int)
void | setDragEnabled(bool b)
void | setEchoMode(QLineEdit::EchoMode)
void | setFrame(bool)
void | setInputMask(const QString &inputMask)
void | setMaxLength(int)
void | setModified(bool)
void | setPlaceholderText(const QString &)
void | setReadOnly(bool)
void | setSelection(int start, int length)
void | setTextMargins(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
void | setTextMargins(const QMargins &margins)
void | setValidator(const QValidator *v)
QString | text() const
QMargins | textMargins() const
const QValidator * | validator() const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual bool | event(QEvent *e) override
virtual QVariant | inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const override
virtual QSize | minimumSizeHint() const override
virtual QSize | sizeHint() const override
virtual void | timerEvent(QTimerEvent *e) override

## Public Slots

void | clear()
void | copy() const
void | cut()
void | paste()
void | redo()
void | selectAll()
void | setText(const QString &)
void | undo()

## Signals

void | cursorPositionChanged(int oldPos, int newPos)
void | editingFinished()
void | inputRejected()
void | returnPressed()
void | selectionChanged()
void | textChanged(const QString &text)
void | textEdited(const QString &text)

## Protected Functions

QRect | cursorRect() const
virtual void | initStyleOption(QStyleOptionFrame *option) const

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual void | changeEvent(QEvent *ev) override
virtual void | contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event) override
virtual void | dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *e) override
virtual void | dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *e) override
virtual void | dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *e) override
virtual void | dropEvent(QDropEvent *e) override
virtual void | focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *e) override
virtual void | focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *e) override
virtual void | inputMethodEvent(QInputMethodEvent *e) override
virtual void | keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) override
virtual void | keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *) override
virtual void | mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) override

## Detailed Description

A line edit allows the user to enter and edit a single line of plain text with a useful collection of editing functions, including undo and redo, cut and paste, and drag and drop (see setDragEnabled()).

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

The length of the text can be constrained to maxLength(). The text can be arbitrarily constrained using a validator() or an inputMask(), or both. When switching between a validator and an input mask on the same line edit, it is best to clear the validator or input mask to prevent undefined behavior.

A related class is QTextEdit which allows multi-line, rich text editing.

You can change the text with setText() or insert(). The text is retrieved with text(); the displayed text (which may be different, see EchoMode) is retrieved with displayText(). Text can be selected with setSelection() or selectAll(), and the selection can be cut(), copy()ied and paste()d. The text can be aligned with setAlignment().

When the text changes the textChanged() signal is emitted; when the text changes other than by calling setText() the textEdited() signal is emitted; when the cursor is moved the cursorPositionChanged() signal is emitted; and when the Return or Enter key is pressed the returnPressed() signal is emitted.

When editing is finished, either because the line edit lost focus or Return/Enter is pressed the editingFinished() signal is emitted. Note that if focus is lost without any changes done, the editingFinished() signal won't be emitted.

Note that if there is a validator set on the line edit, the returnPressed()/editingFinished() signals will only be emitted if the validator returns QValidator::Acceptable.

By default, QLineEdits have a frame as specified by platform style guides; you can turn it off by calling setFrame(false).

The default key bindings are described below. The line edit also provides a context menu (usually invoked by a right mouse click) that presents some of these editing options.

Keypress | Action
--- | ---
Left Arrow | Moves the cursor one character to the left.
Shift+Left Arrow | Moves and selects text one character to the left.
Right Arrow | Moves the cursor one character to the right.
Shift+Right Arrow | Moves and selects text one character to the right.
Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
End | Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
Backspace | Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl+Backspace | Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.
Delete | Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl+Delete | Deletes the word to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl+A | Select all.
Ctrl+C | Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
Ctrl+Insert | Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
Ctrl+K | Deletes to the end of the line.
Ctrl+V | Pastes the clipboard text into line edit.
Shift+Insert | Pastes the clipboard text into line edit.
Ctrl+X | Deletes the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.
Shift+Delete | Deletes the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.
Ctrl+Z | Undoes the last operation.
Ctrl+Y | Redoes the last undone operation.

Any other key sequence that represents a valid character, will cause the character to be inserted into the line edit.

See also QTextEdit, QLabel, QComboBox, and Line Edits Example.

## Member Type Documentation

### `[since 5.2]` enum QLineEdit::ActionPosition

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

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QLineEdit::LeadingPosition` | `0` | 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.
`QLineEdit::TrailingPosition` | `1` | 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.

This enum was introduced or modified in Qt 5.2.

See also addAction(), removeAction(), and QWidget::layoutDirection.

### enum QLineEdit::EchoMode

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

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QLineEdit::Normal` | `0` | Display characters as they are entered. This is the default.
`QLineEdit::NoEcho` | `1` | Do not display anything. This may be appropriate for passwords where even the length of the password should be kept secret.
`QLineEdit::Password` | `2` | Display platform-dependent password mask characters instead of the characters actually entered.
`QLineEdit::PasswordEchoOnEdit` | `3` | Display characters as they are entered while editing otherwise display characters as with `Password`.

See also setEchoMode() and echoMode().

## Property Documentation

### `[read-only]` acceptableInput : const bool

This property holds whether the input satisfies the inputMask and the validator.

By default, this property is `true`.

Access functions:

bool | hasAcceptableInput() const

See also setInputMask() and setValidator().

### alignment : Qt::Alignment

This property holds 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.

Access functions:

Qt::Alignment | alignment() const
void | setAlignment(Qt::Alignment flag)

See also Qt::Alignment.

### `[since 5.2]` clearButtonEnabled : bool

This property holds whether the line edit displays a clear button when it is not empty.

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

This property was introduced in Qt 5.2.

Access functions:

bool | isClearButtonEnabled() const
void | setClearButtonEnabled(bool enable)

See also addAction() and removeAction().

### cursorMoveStyle : Qt::CursorMoveStyle

This property holds the movement style of cursor in this line edit.

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

When the property is Qt::LogicalMoveStyle (the default), within a LTR text block, increase cursor position when pressing left arrow key, decrease cursor position when pressing the right arrow key. If the text block is right to left, the opposite behavior applies.

Access functions:

Qt::CursorMoveStyle | cursorMoveStyle() const
void | setCursorMoveStyle(Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)

### cursorPosition : int

This property holds 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.

Access functions:

int | cursorPosition() const
void | setCursorPosition(int)

### `[read-only]` displayText : const QString

This property holds the displayed text.

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

By default, this property contains an empty string.

Access functions:

QString | displayText() const

See also setEchoMode(), text(), and EchoMode.

### dragEnabled : bool

This property holds whether the lineedit starts a drag if the user presses and moves the mouse on some selected text.

Dragging is disabled by default.

Access functions:

bool | dragEnabled() const
void | setDragEnabled(bool b)

### echoMode : EchoMode

This property holds 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 Normal, in which the text entered by the user is displayed verbatim, but QLineEdit also supports modes that allow the entered text to be suppressed or obscured: these include NoEcho, Password and 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 Normal.

Access functions:

QLineEdit::EchoMode | echoMode() const
void | setEchoMode(QLineEdit::EchoMode)

See also EchoMode and displayText().

### frame : bool

This property holds 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.

Access functions:

bool | hasFrame() const
void | setFrame(bool)

### `[read-only]` hasSelectedText : const bool

This property holds whether there is any text selected.

hasSelectedText() returns `true` if some or all of the text has been selected by the user; otherwise returns `false`.

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | hasSelectedText() const

See also selectedText().

### inputMask : QString

This property holds the validation input mask.

If no mask is set, inputMask() returns an empty string.

Sets the QLineEdit's validation mask. Validators can be used instead of, or in conjunction with masks; see setValidator().

Unset the mask and return to normal QLineEdit operation by passing an empty string ("").

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

Mask Characters | Defines the Category of input characters that are considered valid in this position
Meta Characters | Various special meanings
Separators | All other characters are regarded as immutable separators

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

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

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 fulfil the requirements of the input mask.

Examples:

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

To get range control (e.g., for an IP address) use masks together with validators.

Access functions:

QString | inputMask() const
void | setInputMask(const QString &inputMask)

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

### maxLength : int

This property holds 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.

Access functions:

int | maxLength() const
void | setMaxLength(int)

See also inputMask.

### modified : bool

This property holds 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 (perhaps 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.

Access functions:

bool | isModified() const
void | setModified(bool)

### placeholderText : QString

This property holds the line edit's placeholder text.

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.

Access functions:

QString | placeholderText() const
void | setPlaceholderText(const QString &)

See also text().

### readOnly : bool

This property holds 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 Normal), but cannot edit it.

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

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isReadOnly() const
void | setReadOnly(bool)

See also setEnabled().

### `[read-only]` redoAvailable : const bool

This property holds whether redo is available.

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

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isRedoAvailable() const

### `[read-only]` selectedText : const QString

This property holds 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.

Access functions:

QString | selectedText() const

See also hasSelectedText().

### text : QString

This property holds the line edit's text.

Setting this property clears the selection, clears the undo/redo history, moves the cursor to the end of the line and resets the modified property to false. The text is not validated when inserted with setText().

The text is truncated to maxLength() length.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

Access functions:

QString | text() const
void | setText(const QString &)

Notifier signal:

void | textChanged(const QString &text)

See also insert() and clear().

### `[read-only]` undoAvailable : const bool

This property holds whether undo is available.

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

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isUndoAvailable() const

## Member Function Documentation

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

Constructs a line edit containing the text contents.

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

The parent and argument is sent to the QWidget constructor.

See also text() and setMaxLength().

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

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() and setMaxLength().

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::clear()

Clears the contents of the line edit.

See also setText() and insert().

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::copy() const

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

See also cut() and paste().

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::cursorPositionChanged(int oldPos, int newPos)

This signal is emitted whenever the cursor moves. The previous position is given by oldPos, and the new position by newPos.

See also setCursorPosition() and cursorPosition().

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::cut()

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

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

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

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::editingFinished()

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

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

### `[signal, since 5.12]` void QLineEdit::inputRejected()

This signal is emitted when the user presses a key that is not considered to be acceptable input. For example, if a key press results in a validator's validate() call to return Invalid. Another case is when trying to enter in more characters beyond the maximum length of the line edit.

Note: This signal will still be emitted in a case where part of the text is accepted but not all of it is. For example, if there is a maximum length set and the clipboard text is longer than the maximum length when it is pasted.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.12.

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::paste()

Inserts the clipboard's text at the cursor position, deleting any selected text, providing the line edit is not read-only.

If the end result would be invalid to the current validator, nothing happens.

See also copy() and cut().

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::redo()

Redoes the last operation if redo is available.

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::returnPressed()

This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is pressed. Note that 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.

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::selectAll()

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

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::selectionChanged()

This signal is emitted whenever the selection changes.

See also hasSelectedText() and selectedText().

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::textChanged(const QString &text)

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().

Note: Notifier signal for property text.

### `[signal]` void QLineEdit::textEdited(const QString &text)

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().

### `[slot]` void QLineEdit::undo()

Undoes the last operation if undo is available. Deselects any current selection, and updates the selection start to the current cursor position.

### `[virtual]` QLineEdit::~QLineEdit()

Destroys the line edit.

### `[since 5.2]` void QLineEdit::addAction(QAction *action, QLineEdit::ActionPosition position)

Adds the action to the list of actions at the position.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

### `[since 5.2]` QAction *QLineEdit::addAction(const QIcon &icon, QLineEdit::ActionPosition position)

This is an overloaded function.

Creates a new action with the given icon at the position.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

### 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().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::changeEvent(QEvent *ev)

Reimplements: QWidget::changeEvent(QEvent *event).

### QCompleter *QLineEdit::completer() const

Returns the current QCompleter that provides completions.

See also setCompleter().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)

Reimplements: QWidget::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event).

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 contextMenuPolicy to Qt::NoContextMenu. If you want to customize the context menu, reimplement this function. If you want 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 event parameter is used to obtain the position where the mouse cursor was when the event was generated.

See also setContextMenuPolicy().

### QMenu *QLineEdit::createStandardContextMenu()

This function 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.

### 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().

### 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().

### int QLineEdit::cursorPositionAt(const QPoint &pos)

Returns the cursor position under the point pos.

### `[protected]` QRect QLineEdit::cursorRect() const

Returns a rectangle that includes the lineedit cursor.

### void QLineEdit::cursorWordBackward(bool mark)

Moves the cursor one word backward. If mark is true, the word is also selected.

See also cursorWordForward().

### void QLineEdit::cursorWordForward(bool mark)

Moves the cursor one word forward. If mark is true, the word is also selected.

See also cursorWordBackward().

### 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().

### void QLineEdit::deselect()

Deselects any selected text.

See also setSelection() and selectAll().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::dropEvent(QDropEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event).

### 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().

### `[override virtual]` bool QLineEdit::event(QEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::event(QEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *event).

### 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().

### `[virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionFrame *option) const

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().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::inputMethodEvent(QInputMethodEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::inputMethodEvent(QInputMethodEvent *event).

### `[override virtual]` QVariant QLineEdit::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const

Reimplements: QWidget::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery query) const.

### void QLineEdit::insert(const QString &newText)

Deletes any selected text, inserts newText, and validates the result. If it is valid, it sets it as the new contents of the line edit.

See also setText() and clear().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)

Reimplements: QWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event).

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

If Return or Enter is pressed and the current text is valid (or can be made valid by the validator), the signal returnPressed() is emitted.

The default key bindings are listed in the class's detailed description.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *)

Reimplements: QWidget::keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *event).

### `[override virtual]` QSize QLineEdit::minimumSizeHint() const

Reimplements an access function for property: QWidget::minimumSizeHint.

Returns a minimum size for the line edit.

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

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QWidget::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QLineEdit::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)

Reimplements: QWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event).

### `[since 5.10]` 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.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also selectedText(), selectionStart(), and selectionLength().

### `[since 5.10]` int QLineEdit::selectionLength() const

Returns the length of the selection.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also selectedText(), selectionStart(), and selectionEnd().

### 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(), and selectionLength().

### void QLineEdit::setCompleter(QCompleter *c)

Sets this line edit to provide auto completions from the completer, c. The completion mode is set using QCompleter::setCompletionMode().

To use a QCompleter with a QValidator or QLineEdit::inputMask, you need to ensure that the model provided to QCompleter contains valid entries. You can use the QSortFilterProxyModel to ensure that the QCompleter's model contains only valid entries.

If c == 0, setCompleter() removes the current completer, effectively disabling auto completion.

See also completer() and QCompleter.

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

Selects text from position start and for length characters. Negative lengths are allowed.

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

### void QLineEdit::setTextMargins(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

Sets the margins around the text inside the frame to have the sizes left, top, right, and bottom.

See also textMargins().

See also textMargins().

### void QLineEdit::setTextMargins(const QMargins &margins)

Sets the margins around the text inside the frame.

See also textMargins().

### 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 Acceptable. The user may change the content to any Intermediate value during editing, but will be prevented from editing the text to a value that v validates as Invalid.

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

If v == 0, setValidator() removes the current input validator. The initial setting is to have no input validator (i.e. any input is accepted up to maxLength()).

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

### `[override virtual]` QSize QLineEdit::sizeHint() const

Reimplements an access function for property: QWidget::sizeHint.

Returns a recommended size for the widget.

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

### QMargins QLineEdit::textMargins() const

Returns the widget's text margins.

See also setTextMargins().

### `[override virtual]` void QLineEdit::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *e)

Reimplements: QObject::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event).

### const QValidator *QLineEdit::validator() const

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

See also setValidator().