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+++ b/doc/src/declarative/extending.qdoc
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
**
** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
-** Commercial Usage
-** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a
-** written agreement between you and Nokia.
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
**
** GNU Free Documentation License
** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free
@@ -80,19 +80,14 @@ Types can be registered by libraries, application code, or by plugins
Once registered, all \l {Qt's Property System}{properties} of the
supported types are available in QML. QML has intrinsic support for
-properties of these types:
+properties of the types listed in the \l{Extending Types from QML}
+document, including the following:
\list
-\o bool
-\o unsigned int, int
-\o float, double, qreal
-\o QString
-\o QUrl
-\o QColor
+\o bool, unsigned int, int, float, double, qreal
+\o QString, QUrl, QColor
\o QDate, QTime, QDateTime
-\o QPoint, QPointF
-\o QSize, QSizeF
-\o QRect, QRectF
+\o QPoint, QPointF, QSize, QSizeF, QRect, QRectF
\o QVariant
\endlist
@@ -432,7 +427,7 @@ on<Property-name>Changed, regardless of the name used for the NOTIFY
signal in C++. We recommend using <property-name>Changed() for the
NOTIFY signal in C++.
-See also \l {Extending types from QML}.
+See also \l {Extending Types from QML}.
\section1 Methods
@@ -640,7 +635,7 @@ public:
/*!
\page qml-extending-types.html
-\title Extending types from QML
+\title Extending Types from QML
Many of the elements available for use in QML are implemented in
\l {Extending QML in C++}{C++}. These types are know as "core types". QML
@@ -652,7 +647,8 @@ language.
\section1 Adding new properties
-New properties can be added to an existing type. These new properties are
+New properties can be added to an existing type using the \c property keyword.
+These new properties are
available for use within QML, and also appear as regular Qt properties on the
C++ object, accessible through the regular property access mechanisms.
@@ -684,8 +680,12 @@ like this:
property list<Item> listOfItemsProperty
\endcode
+Custom types must be registered with qmlRegisterType() to be usable as a property
+type. Also note that list properties cannot be modified like ordinary JavaScript
+arrays; see the \l {list}{list type documentation} for details.
+
QML supports two methods for adding a new property to a type: a new property
-definition, and a property alias.
+definition, and a property alias. These are shown below.
\section2 Property definitions