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QLineEdit	QLineEdit

Create and control editable text field.

This class is a JS wrapper around Qt's QLineEdit class

A QLineEdit provides ability to add and manipulate native editable text field widgets.

QLineEdit inherits from NodeWidget

Example

const { QLineEdit } = require("@nodegui/nodegui");

const lineEdit = new QLineEdit();

new QLineEdit(parent?)

• parent NodeWidget (optional). Any widget inheriting from NodeWidget can be passed as a parent. This will make this widget, the child of the parent widget.

Static Methods

QLineEdit can access all the static methods defined in NodeWidget

Instance Properties

QLineEdit can access all the instance properties defined in NodeWidget. Additionally it also has the following instance properties:

lineEdit.placeholderText

The placeholder text set on the lineEdit.

Instance Methods

QLineEdit can access all the instance methods defined in NodeWidget. Additionally it also has the following instance methods:

lineEdit.setText(text)

Sets the given text to the lineEdit.

• text string

lineEdit.setPlaceholderText(text)

Sets the given text to the lineEdit's placeholder.

• text string

lineEdit.text()

Returns the currently set text from native lineEdit widget.

lineEdit.setReadOnly(isReadOnly)

Sets the lineEdit to be read only. lineEdit property holds whether the line edit is read only.

• isReadOnly boolean

lineEdit.setEchoMode(echoMode)

Sets the property that determines how the text entered in the line edit is displayed (or echoed) to the user.

The widget's display and the ability to copy or drag the text is affected by this setting.

• echoMode EchoMode

lineEdit.clear()

Clears the lineEdit.