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@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ This default locale-based alignment can be overriden by setting the \c horizonta
property for the text element, or by enabling layout mirroring using the \l LayoutMirroring attached
property, which causes any explicit left and right horizontal alignments to be mirrored.
Note that when \l LayoutMirroring is set, the \c horizontalAlignment property value remains unchanged;
-the effective alignment of the text element that takes the mirroring into account can be read from the
-\c effectiveHorizontalAlignment property.
+use the property \c LayoutMirroring.enabled instead to query whether the mirroring is in effect.
\snippet doc/src/snippets/declarative/righttoleft.qml 0
@@ -79,9 +78,9 @@ property for controlling the horizontal direction of the layouts. Setting \c lay
the left-to-right layout direction.
The horizontal layout direction can also be reversed through the \l LayoutMirroring attached property.
-This causes the effective \c layoutDirection of positioners and views to be mirrored. Note the actual value
-of the \c layoutDirection property will remain unchanged; the effective layout direction of positioners and
-views that takes the mirroring into account can be read from the \c effectiveLayoutDirection property.
+This causes the effective \c layoutDirection of positioners and views to be mirrored. Note though that the actual
+value of the \c layoutDirection property will remain unchanged; use the property \c LayoutMirroring.enabled instead
+to query whether the mirroring is in effect.
\snippet doc/src/snippets/declarative/righttoleft.qml 1
@@ -101,12 +100,8 @@ Or set all child elements to also inherit the layout direction:
\snippet doc/src/snippets/declarative/righttoleft.qml 3
Applying mirroring in this manner does not change the actual value of the relevant anchor,
-\c layoutDirection or \c horizontalAlignment properties. The separate read-only property
-\c effectiveLayoutDirection can be used to query the effective layout
-direction of positioners and model views that takes the mirroring into account. Similarly the \l Text,
-\l TextInput and \l TextEdit elements have gained the read-only property \c effectiveHorizontalAlignment
-for querying the effective visual alignment of text. For anchors, the read only
-\l {Item::anchors}{anchors.mirrored} property reflects whether anchors have been mirrored.
+\c layoutDirection or \c horizontalAlignment properties. You can use \c LayoutMirroring.enabled to
+query whether the mirroring is in effect.
Note that application layouts and animations that are defined using \l {Item::}{x} property values (as
opposed to anchors or positioner elements) are not affected by the \l LayoutMirroring attached property.