Inline edit of multiline text widget?

Hi all,

I require a multiline text widget that allows to edit parts of it while keeping the rest of the text ineditable; a kind of enhanced QTextEdit. Think of Qt Creator's CppEditor in refactor/rename mode, without synchronizing multiple occurrences, but simultaneous markup of editable text fragments.

Maybe this sketch helps to clarify:

Quote:

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readonly readonly readonly [inline editable] readonly
readonly readonly readonly readonly readonly [another
inline editable] readonly readonly readonly readonly

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As indicated, an editable fragment should possibly line wrap, though this feature may be dispensable.
Editable fragments should be highlighted and resize on edit as needed. The CppEditor way would be perfect.

I can't see how to accomplish this out-of-Qt's-box. Is it already provided somehow? Is there additional work available elsewhere that provides such a widget? Else, how would you approach this task if you'd implement it yourself?

Thank you for your ideas.

(I apologize for not digging into Qt Creator's source code beforehand... Looking for a shortcut. :rolleyes:)

anyone...?

Hi, maybe you can play with the cursor positions: each time the cursor is moved to a non-editable area, move it to the end or start of the nearest editable section. Or you can try to mark the editable sections using the QTextDocument which is used by a QTextEdit.

Ginsengelf

Thx for your input, Ginsengelf.

Sure, I'd have to manage a list of editable QTextFragments somehow. The somehow is my question; I'd rather not do this explicitly. As for the readonly, once I have that list, to filter edit events shouldn't be a big deal. The highlighting part troubles me most for now.

Downloaded the QtCreator sources and tried to extract what I need. However I am completely overwhelmed by the sheer size, just as I feared in the first place.

Still open for more... :)