[Development] 5.7 feature freeze

[Nurmi J-P]

Hi Lars,

> On 27. jan. 2016, at 09.30, Knoll Lars <Lars.Knoll at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> 
> If anybody else has a feature he believes absolutely has to make it to 5.7, get it done until Monday or talk to me :)

I would like to ask for an exception for text selection handles. It's a crucial feature to make the new editor controls usable on mobile and embedded. There's a task for qtquickcontrols2 (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-51010), but the groundwork needs to be done in qtbase and qtdeclarative.

I'm aware of the following WIP patches:
- qtbase: Add support for ImhAnchorRectangle: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/142132/
- qtbase: Android selection handles: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/142466/
- qtdeclarative: WIP: Add support for input method selection handles: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/142133/

I would imagine that we may need some new API in such areas as QInputMethod, Qt::InputMethodHint, and QStyleHints. Would it be acceptable to finish off this work in the 5.7 branch?

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J-P Nurmi