QTextCursor and QTextEdit

aliks-os

Simple class inherited from QTextEdit

void XYZTextEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
    tc.select(QTextCursor::WordUnderCursor);
   qDebug() << tc.selectedText();
}

When i type word "window" - i got window as expeted
When I type word "1window" - i got 1window as expected
When I type word "[window" - i got window - why charcter "[" is missing ???
When I type word "win[dow" - i got dow

Please advise how I can get word from start to end

jsulm

@aliks-os said in QTextCursor and QTextEdit:

i got window - why charcter "[" is missing ???

I guess because [ is not considered to be part of a word. But I don't know for sure, you can check how select() is implemented.