Windows 7 SP1<br>
MSVS 2010<br>
Qt 4.8.4<br>
This code:
#include <QTGui>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
line_edit->setText("ABCDEFG");
line_edit->setFixedSize(40,20);
window->setCentralWidget(line_edit);
window->show();
return app.exec();
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QMainWindow* window = new QMainWindow;
QLineEdit* line_edit = new QLineEdit;
line_edit->setText("ABCDEFG");
line_edit->setFixedSize(40,20);
window->setCentralWidget(line_edit);
window->show();
return app.exec();
}
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Displays this:
At end.jpg
Note that the "AB" is truncated and the cursor is at the end of the line edit.
I want it to display:
at start.jpg
Here "FG" is truncated and the cursor is at the beginning of the line edit.
I've tried to setCursorPosition and cursorBackward to no avail. If I convert the text via the font metric's elidedText it will display from the beginning with the trailing "...". But I don't want to do that.
Question: Is there a way to make the cursor to start at the beginning of its contents after displaying a QLineEdit?
Windows 7 SP1<br>
MSVS 2010<br>
Qt 4.8.4<br>
This code:
#include <QTGui>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
line_edit->setText("ABCDEFG");
line_edit->setFixedSize(40,20);
window->setCentralWidget(line_edit);
window->show();
return app.exec();
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QMainWindow* window = new QMainWindow;
QLineEdit* line_edit = new QLineEdit;
line_edit->setText("ABCDEFG");
line_edit->setFixedSize(40,20);
window->setCentralWidget(line_edit);
window->show();
return app.exec();
}
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Displays this:
At end.jpg
Note that the "AB" is truncated and the cursor is at the end of the line edit.
I want it to display:
at start.jpg
Here "FG" is truncated and the cursor is at the beginning of the line edit.
I've tried to setCursorPosition and cursorBackward to no avail. If I convert the text via the font metric's elidedText it will display from the beginning with the trailing "...". But I don't want to do that.
Question: Is there a way to make the cursor to start at the beginning of its contents after displaying a QLineEdit?
Added after 38 minutes:
Actually
line_edit->setCursorPosition(0);
line_edit->setCursorPosition(0);
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works just fine in the above code. I am having this problem in a much larger program where setCursorPostion did not work. I melted the issue down to a simple program for illustration but neglected to test the setCursorPostion there. I'll need to analyze further why this isn't working in my larger program.
Added after 11 minutes:
I found my problem in my larger program: I was setting the cursor position before I was setting the text. Setting it after setting the text solved my problem.
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