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| author | Kai Koehne <kai.koehne@qt.io> | 2017-01-18 12:20:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Kai Koehne <kai.koehne@qt.io> | 2017-01-18 12:51:17 +0000 |
| commit | 2ccbb8d7a22056cc0ba5c496e5f33536df437ca5 (patch) | |
| tree | 30017a8c839ed42a80ee8835dac95657627ebc93 | |
| parent | 1dda472b72592aaef365c05365c2907894a35bc6 (diff) | |
Doc: Clarify limitations of QNetworkProxy
Task-number: QTBUG-58121
Change-Id: I3f7d960d5fabefe219a89cc5fa4752ead965ab0a
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-overview.qdoc | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-overview.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-overview.qdoc index c3d737384..ff35b45cf 100644 --- a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-overview.qdoc +++ b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-overview.qdoc @@ -197,11 +197,16 @@ \section1 Proxy Support - Qt WebEngine uses the proxy settings from \l{Qt Network}. If - QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy is set, it will also be used for Qt WebEngine, and if - QNetworkProxyFactory::usesSystemConfiguration() is enabled, the proxy settings are automatically - retrieved from the system. Settings from an installed QNetworkProxyFactory will be ignored - though. + Qt WebEngine uses the proxy settings from \l{Qt Network}, and forwards them to Chromium's + networking stack. If QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy is set, it will also be used for Qt + WebEngine. If QNetworkProxyFactory::usesSystemConfiguration() is enabled, the proxy settings + are automatically retrieved from the system. Settings from an installed QNetworkProxyFactory + will be ignored, though. + + Not all properties of QNetworkProxy are supported by Qt WebEngine. That is, + QNetworkProxy::type(), QNetworkProxy::hostName() and QNetworkProxy::port() are taken into + account. All other proxy settings such as QNetworkProxy::rawHeader(), QNetworkProxy::user(), or + QNetworkProxy::password() are ignored. If a proxy requires authentication, QWebEnginePage::proxyAuthenticationRequired is emitted. For Qt Quick, a dialog is shown. |