Highlight and edit an entire QDateTimeEdit?

[kja]

Hi,

Can anyone give me some tips on where to look to make a QDateTimeEdit completely highlighted and editable? I want the user to be able to type in some numbers without having to use the arrow keys to move between the YYYY MM DD HH MM SS fields.

Thanks!

[BalaQT]

hi,

to make a QDateTimeEdit completely highlighted

u can use stylesheets to change the color of the QDateTimeEdit

ex:

d->setStyleSheet("background-color:blue;color:white");

d->setStyleSheet("background-color:blue;color:white");

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completely highlighted and editable?

what do u mean by editable?

I want the user to be able to type in some numbers without having to use the arrow keys to move between the YYYY MM DD HH MM SS fields.

I didnt get ur point. pls explain ur need clearly.

Thnks
Bala

[wysota]

Use a QLineEdit with a validator or an input mask.

[kja]

Thanks a lot!

I ended up using a validator and it works great:

startEdit->setInputMask("xxxx/xx/xx xx:xx:xx");
  QRegExp reg("([1-2* ][ 0-9*][ 0-9*][ 0-9*])/([0-1* ][ 0-2*]|[0*][ 0-9*])/([0-3* ][ 0-1*]|[0-2* ][ 0-9*]) [0-2* ][ 0-9*]:[*0-5 ][ \\d*]:[*0-5 ][ \\d*]");
  QValidator *val = new QRegExpValidator(reg, this);
  startEdit->setValidator(val);

startEdit->setInputMask("xxxx/xx/xx xx:xx:xx");
  QRegExp reg("([1-2* ][ 0-9*][ 0-9*][ 0-9*])/([0-1* ][ 0-2*]|[0*][ 0-9*])/([0-3* ][ 0-1*]|[0-2* ][ 0-9*]) [0-2* ][ 0-9*]:[*0-5 ][ \\d*]:[*0-5 ][ \\d*]");
  QValidator *val = new QRegExpValidator(reg, this);
  startEdit->setValidator(val);

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Thanks for the help!