Make password mask characters themeable.

Task-number: QTBUG-29871

Change-Id: I3cf739a321d7917f8f8431992e29bba0871b1934
Reviewed-by: Morten Johan Sørvig <morten.sorvig@digia.com>
Reviewed-by: Friedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@digia.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index ea58ec1429..abef6e8832 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ void QLineEdit::setPlaceholderText(const QString& placeholderText)
     \brief the displayed text
 
     If \l echoMode is \l Normal this returns the same as text(); if
-    \l EchoMode is \l Password or \l PasswordEchoOnEdit it returns a string of asterisks
-    text().length() characters long, e.g. "******"; if \l EchoMode is
-    \l NoEcho returns an empty string, "".
+    \l EchoMode is \l Password or \l PasswordEchoOnEdit it returns a string of
+    platform-dependent password mask characters text().length() in size,
+    e.g. "******"; if \l EchoMode is \l NoEcho returns an empty string, "".
 
     By default, this property contains an empty string.
 
@@ -440,10 +440,11 @@ void QLineEdit::setFrame(bool enable)
     \value NoEcho   Do not display anything. This may be appropriate
                     for passwords where even the length of the
                     password should be kept secret.
-    \value Password  Display asterisks instead of the characters
-                    actually entered.
+    \value Password  Display platform-dependent password mask characters instead
+                    of the characters actually entered.
     \value PasswordEchoOnEdit Display characters as they are entered
-                    while editing otherwise display asterisks.
+                    while editing otherwise display characters as with
+                    \c Password.
 
     \sa setEchoMode(), echoMode()
 */