def paintEvent(self, event):
QLineEdit.paintEvent(self, event)
if not self.text() and self.placeholderText(
) and not self.hasFocus():
p = QStylePainter(self)
font = self.font()
metrics = QFontMetrics(font)
p.setFont(font)
color = self.palette().color(QPalette.Mid)
p.setPen(color)
left, top, right, bottom = self.getTextMargins()
contents = self.contentsRect()
contents = contents.adjusted(left, top, -right, -bottom)
text = metrics.elidedText(self.placeholderText(),
Qt.ElideMiddle, contents.width())
p.drawText(contents, Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter, text)
def paintEvent(self, event):
QLineEdit.paintEvent(self, event)
if not self.text() and self.placeholderText() and \
not self.hasFocus():
p = QStylePainter(self)
font = self.font()
metrics = QFontMetrics(font)
p.setFont(font)
color = self.palette().color(QPalette.Mid)
p.setPen(color)
left, top, right, bottom = self.getTextMargins()
contents = self.contentsRect()
contents = contents.adjusted(left, top, -right, -bottom)
text = metrics.elidedText(self.placeholderText(),
Qt.ElideMiddle,
contents.width())
p.drawText(contents, Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter, text)
