Custom TextFieldStyle for iOS application

benlau

Hi,

I would like to modify the style of TextField in an iOS application. Here is the code:

            TextField {
                style: TextFieldStyle {
                        background: Item {
                        }
                }
            }

That will clear the border of the text field. However, it will also unset the selection handle . It won't show the popup of "paste | select | selection all". That is not what I need.

I have checked the source code of Qt. The parameter for selection handle is defined in QtQuick.Controls.Styles.IOS.TextFieldStyle , but they are private. I can not declare a TextFieldStyle to inherit iOS.TextFieldStyle.

So my question is , what is the preferred way to modify the style of a control component for iOS platform? e.g copy the private header to my program?

Thanks.

jseeQt

Hi benlau,

Unfortunatly, I don't think that there is a prefered way modify a style of a specific platform.
What you could do (but it's really a hack) is something like this:
Add
import "qrc:/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/iOS" (or)
import "file:/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/iOS"
Remove the
import QtQuick.Controls.Style 1.0
This will import the iOS style objects and you can modify it like in your code above.

benlau

hi jseeQt,

Thank for your reply. Too bad , it don't have any preferred/standard method.. I don't mind for a hack solution. However, my code is not executed in iOS only. It also run on desktop / Linux for preview and automated test.

The desktop build won't bundle those qml files into qrc. That means the import path of desktop and iOS will be different. I still need a way to detect the location of qml plugin , inherit the TextFieldStyle and modify it.