Using curly braces in QML input mask

Question

I have a QML line edit, and am trying to use the input mask to ensure a valid UID is entered. My input mask is set like this:

inputMask: ">\\{NNNNNNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNNNNNNNNNN\\}"

and my text property is set to: "{49f93de5-1da6-4e3a-a2e4-64795dc89ebb}"

When I run my program the curly braces are missing from the screen's edit field (but the hyphens are present and character masks are correctly applied). How can I show the { and } ? I assumed escaping them in the mask was all that was necessary.

Answer 1

I think your problem relates to this

Edited: wrapping the input string in qsTr() allows the curly braces to show in the input text.

in QML I use TextInput and it works :

import QtQuick 2.14
import QtQuick.Window 2.14

Window {
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480
    title: qsTr("Hello World")

    TextInput {
        id: textInput
        x: 116
        y: 94
        width: 237
        height: 53
        text: qsTr("{49f93de5-1da6-4e3a-a2e4-64795dc89ebb}")
        font.pixelSize: 12
        inputMask: ">\\{NNNNNNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNNNNNNNNNN\\}"
    }


}