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-rw-r--r--src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp8
-rw-r--r--src/quick/items/qquicktextinput_p_p.h2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
index 65a0d6215a..30be92672d 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
@@ -1229,10 +1229,11 @@ Qt::InputMethodHints QQuickTextInputPrivate::effectiveInputMethodHints() const
Specifies how the text should be displayed in the TextInput.
\list
\li TextInput.Normal - Displays the text as it is. (Default)
- \li TextInput.Password - Displays asterisks instead of characters.
+ \li TextInput.Password - Displays platform-dependent password mask
+ characters instead of the actual characters.
\li TextInput.NoEcho - Displays nothing.
\li TextInput.PasswordEchoOnEdit - Displays characters as they are entered
- while editing, otherwise displays asterisks.
+ while editing, otherwise identical to \c TextInput.Password.
\endlist
*/
QQuickTextInput::EchoMode QQuickTextInput::echoMode() const
@@ -2199,7 +2200,8 @@ void QQuickTextInput::selectWord()
\qmlproperty string QtQuick2::TextInput::passwordCharacter
This is the character displayed when echoMode is set to Password or
- PasswordEchoOnEdit. By default it is an asterisk.
+ PasswordEchoOnEdit. By default it is the password character used by
+ the platform theme.
If this property is set to a string with more than one character,
the first character is used. If the string is empty, the value
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput_p_p.h b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput_p_p.h
index 57eff175a2..11096cfa1d 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput_p_p.h
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput_p_p.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public:
, updateType(UpdatePaintNode)
, mouseSelectionMode(QQuickTextInput::SelectCharacters)
, m_layoutDirection(Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto)
- , m_passwordCharacter(QLatin1Char('*'))
+ , m_passwordCharacter(qApp->styleHints()->passwordMaskCharacter())
, focusOnPress(true)
, cursorVisible(false)
, cursorPending(false)