Can I have a QComboBox with a validator with invalid input and still have it editable?

To answer my own question; No.

So my question is there an easy workaround for this before I dig deeper into a solution.

I need to have a editable QComboBox with numeric input entries with attached explanation test.

Qt Code: 
  1. QComboBox *cBox = new QComboBox(this);
  2.  
  3.    cBox->setEditable(true);
  4.    QRegExp ireg("([0-9]{10})");
  5.    QRegExpValidator *iValidator = new QRegExpValidator(ireg,this);
  6.    cBoxt->setValidator(iValidator);
  7.  
  8. cBox->addItem(tr("1 - this an explanation"));
  9. cBox->addItem(tr("2 - this also an explanation"));
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The above will not function correctly due to the validator but I must maintain the ability to let the user enter a number that might not be present in the combobox.

Any suggestions?

Bob