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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-95826

wrong keyboard selection behavior in QLineEdit (inconsistent with QTextEdit)

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    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • 5.15.2
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    • Windows 10

    • Windows

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      Selection behavior is wrong in QLineEdit and is different from for example QTextEdit.

      Lets assume I have a text "abcde" in line edit. I select "bcd" so that cursor is at right side of letter "d".

      In QLineEdit when I press right arrow key, the selection is cleared and cursor skips to the right side of letter "e". While in QTextEdit the selection is cleared and cursor stays at the end of selection, i.e. to the right of letter "d".

      If, with the same selection, I pressed left arrow key in QLineEdit, then the selection gets cleared and cursor would skip to the right of letter "c". While in QTextEdit it would jump to the beginning of the selection, i.e. to the right of letter "a".

      It seems to me that the behavior observed in QTextEdit is correct and is consistent with other applications. Behavior of QLineEdit is incorrect.

      Note: on Linux and macOS it works well and QLineEdit behaves the same as QTextEdit. The problem seems to be on Windows only.

      Note 2: the same problem is with editable QComboBox

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            vladimir.kraus Vladimir Kraus
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