>On 20 June 2011 01:41, Parker Coates <parker.coa...@kdemail.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 00:14, Steven Sroka wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Does anyone know how to clear the contents of a QLineEdit when a user >> sets focus to it (ie. clicks it, presses the tab key repeatedly, >> etc.)? > > Subclass KLineEdit (which you`re using instead of QLineWidget, right?) > and reimplement focusInEvent() to call clear(). > > But why are you trying to do this? In general it seems like a bad > idea. If it`s to implement some kind of instructional message, see > QLineEdit::setPlaceholderText() or KLineEdit::setClickMessage().
This is exactly what I need. Thank you. Do you know how to centre the ClickMessage text? If I set the alignment of the text, only the text that the user types in is aligned and not the ClickMessage text. > > Parker > >>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe << > >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
