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diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp index 14405251e..0275d8a2a 100644 --- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp +++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp @@ -62,17 +62,29 @@ ASSERT_ENUMS_MATCH(QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::MimeHtmlSaveFormat, QtWebEngineC /*! \class QQuickWebEngineProfile - \brief The QQuickWebEngineProfile class provides a web-engine profile shared by multiple pages. + \brief The QQuickWebEngineProfile class provides a web engine profile shared by multiple pages. \since 5.6 \inmodule QtWebEngine - QQuickWebEngineProfile contains settings, scripts, and the list of visited links shared by all - web engine pages that belong to the profile. As such, profiles can be used to isolate pages - from each other. A typical use case is a dedicated profile for a 'private browsing' mode. + A web engine profile contains properties and functionality shared by a group of web engine + pages. + + Information about visited links is stored together with persistent cookies and other persistent + data in a storage described by the persistentStoragePath property. + + Profiles can be used to isolate pages from each other. A typical use case is a dedicated + \e {off-the-record profile} for a \e {private browsing} mode. An off-the-record profile forces + cookies, the HTTP cache, and other normally persistent data to be stored only in memory. The + offTheRecord property holds whether a profile is off-the-record. + + The default profile can be accessed by defaultProfile(). It is a built-in profile that all + web pages not specifically created with another profile belong to. - The default profile is a built-in profile that all web pages not specifically created with - another profile belong to. + A WebEngineProfile instance can be created and accessed from C++ through the + QQuickWebEngineProfile class, which exposes further functionality in C++. This allows Qt Quick + applications to intercept URL requests (QQuickWebEngineProfile::setRequestInterceptor), or + register custom URL schemes (QQuickWebEngineProfile::installUrlSchemeHandler). */ /*! |