[Development] Proposal: Disable AutoText in Qt 7

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday, 3 August 2026 23:26:46 Pacific Daylight Time Eskil Abrahamsen 
Blomfeldt via Development wrote:
> However, I do think we should also consider ways of changing the default in
> Qt 6 lifespan. We have to prioritize backwards compatibility, so we can't
> change it unconditionally for everyone. My idea so far has been that we
> could add application profiles which govern how defaults and behavior are
> chosen. With the default "compatibility" profile, backwards compatibility
> would be the priority like before. But for applications explicitly choosing
> a "security" profile, we would be able to change defaults and behavior
> between releases as long as we think it strengthens the security of the
> application by avoiding common pitfalls. Security-sensitive applications
> would pick this profile and accept the extra price of sometimes having to
> update their code.

I agree on attempting to find a solution in Qt 6.x, but I don't think an 
application-wide setting is the solution. That would apply application-wide to 
third-party widgets, which may then look broken because they were using 
AutoText.

We may want to look at #define defaults instead.

> I might make a session for this in the Contributor Summit, actually. It
> would be nice to hear if there are other ideas.


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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Principal Engineer - Intel DCG - Platform & Sys. Eng.
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