3 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
index 47c1f91fb0..d574ba5cc6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,18 @@ Qt::MouseEventFlags QMouseEvent::flags() const
 */
 
 /*!
+    \fn void QMouseEvent::setLocalPos(const QPointF &localPosition)
+
+    \since 5.8
+
+    \internal
+
+    Sets the local position in the mouse event to \a localPosition. This allows to re-use one event
+    when sending it to a series of receivers that expect the local pos in their
+    respective local coordinates.
+*/
+
+/*!
     \fn QPointF QMouseEvent::windowPos() const
 
     \since 5.0
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
index fb8a49b1c6..fb72c561ab 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ public:
     inline Qt::MouseButton button() const { return b; }
     inline Qt::MouseButtons buttons() const { return mouseState; }
 
+    inline void setLocalPos(const QPointF &localPosition) { l = localPosition; }
+
 #if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 0)
     QT_DEPRECATED inline QPointF posF() const { return l; }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qmouseevent/tst_qmouseevent.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qmouseevent/tst_qmouseevent.cpp
index 6af6738bdb..a1de205571 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qmouseevent/tst_qmouseevent.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qmouseevent/tst_qmouseevent.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public slots:
     void cleanupTestCase();
     void init();
 private slots:
+    void mouseEventBasic();
     void checkMousePressEvent_data();
     void checkMousePressEvent();
     void checkMouseReleaseEvent_data();
@@ -107,6 +108,26 @@ void tst_QMouseEvent::init()
     testMouseWidget->mouseReleaseModifiers = 0;
 }
 
+void tst_QMouseEvent::mouseEventBasic()
+{
+    QPointF local(100, 100);
+    QPointF scene(200, 200);
+    QPointF screen(300, 300);
+    QMouseEvent me(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, local, scene, screen, Qt::LeftButton, Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
+    QCOMPARE(me.isAccepted(), true);
+    QCOMPARE(me.button(), Qt::LeftButton);
+    QCOMPARE(me.buttons(), Qt::LeftButton);
+    QCOMPARE(me.localPos(), local);
+    QCOMPARE(me.windowPos(), scene);
+    QCOMPARE(me.screenPos(), screen);
+
+    QPointF changedLocal(33, 66);
+    me.setLocalPos(changedLocal);
+    QCOMPARE(me.localPos(), changedLocal);
+    QCOMPARE(me.windowPos(), scene);
+    QCOMPARE(me.screenPos(), screen);
+}
+
 void tst_QMouseEvent::checkMousePressEvent_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<int>("buttonPressed");