1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextedit.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicktextedit.cpp
index d543b6bd41..e051b5202c 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextedit.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <private/qtextengine_p.h>
 #include <private/qsgadaptationlayer_p.h>
 
+#include "qquicktextdocument.h"
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -2179,4 +2180,23 @@ void QQuickTextEdit::remove(int start, int end)
     d->control->updateCursorRectangle(false);
 }
 
+/*!
+    \qmlproperty TextDocument QtQuick2::TextEdit::textDocument
+    \since 5.1
+
+    Returns the QQuickTextDocument of this TextEdit.
+    It can be used to implement syntax highlighting using
+    \l QSyntaxHighlighter.
+
+    \sa QQuickTextDocument
+*/
+
+QQuickTextDocument *QQuickTextEdit::textDocument()
+{
+    Q_D(QQuickTextEdit);
+    if (!d->quickDocument)
+        d->quickDocument = new QQuickTextDocument(this);
+    return d->quickDocument;
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE