3 files changed, 42 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 2d2df92..f041a36 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -738,8 +738,14 @@ bool QLineEdit::validateAndSet(const QString &newText, int newPos,
         setText(oldText);
         return false;
     }
-    setCursorPosition(newPos);
-    setSelection(qMin(newMarkAnchor, newMarkDrag), qAbs(newMarkAnchor - newMarkDrag));
+    int selstart = qMin(newMarkAnchor, newMarkDrag);
+    int sellength = qAbs(newMarkAnchor - newMarkDrag);
+    if (selstart == newPos) {
+        selstart = qMax(newMarkAnchor, newMarkDrag);
+        sellength = -sellength;
+    }
+    //setSelection also set the position
+    setSelection(selstart, sellength);
     return true;
 }
 #endif //QT3_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlineedit/qlineedit.pro b/tests/auto/qlineedit/qlineedit.pro
index f00a2d8..88527ce 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlineedit/qlineedit.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qlineedit/qlineedit.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load(qttest_p4)
+QT += qt3support
 SOURCES  += tst_qlineedit.cpp
 
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp b/tests/auto/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
index ca84b38..592c1cb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ private slots:
     void taskQTBUG_4679_selectToStartEndOfBlock();
     void taskQTBUG_7395_readOnlyShortcut();
 
+#ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
+    void validateAndSet_data();
+    void validateAndSet();
+#endif
+
 protected slots:
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
     void lostFocus();
@@ -1488,6 +1493,34 @@ void tst_QLineEdit::lostFocus()
 {
     editingFinished();
 }
+
+void tst_QLineEdit::validateAndSet_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("newText");
+    QTest::addColumn<int>("newPos");
+    QTest::addColumn<int>("newMarkAnchor");
+    QTest::addColumn<int>("newMarkDrag");
+
+    QTest::newRow("1") << QString("Hello World") << 3 << 3 << 5;
+    QTest::newRow("2") << QString("Hello World") << 5 << 3 << 5;
+}
+
+void tst_QLineEdit::validateAndSet()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, newText);
+    QFETCH(int, newPos);
+    QFETCH(int, newMarkAnchor);
+    QFETCH(int, newMarkDrag);
+
+    QLineEdit e;
+    e.validateAndSet(newText, newPos, newMarkAnchor, newMarkDrag);
+    QCOMPARE(e.text(), newText);
+    QCOMPARE(e.cursorPosition(), newPos);
+    QCOMPARE(e.selectedText(), newText.mid(newMarkAnchor, newMarkDrag-newMarkAnchor));
+}
+
+
+
 #endif
 void tst_QLineEdit::editingFinished()
 {