Cursor changes and stops blinking when mask is set on QLineEdit

[sattu]

Hi Everyone,

I am applying a mask on my QLineEdit as follows:-

setInputMask("000.000.000.000;");

setInputMask("000.000.000.000;");

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The problem that I am facing is as soon as I set the mask the cursor on the lineedit changes (it's width increases) and it stops blinking. How do I change it?


-Thanks,
Sattu

[ChrisW67]

The 'cursor' changes to a block (actually rendered as a selected character AFAICT) because you are overtyping the existing content of the mask rather then the more usual inserting (cursor is a vertical bar) into a blank edit. I am unaware of any way to change this behaviour without reimplementing QLineEdit::paintEvent().

[sattu]

Thanks Chris,
Are any examples or links present regarding such cases where mask and cursor could be customized using the paintEvent() of QLineEdit?