4 files changed, 46 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
index aff88f6..531e46b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ QList<QGlyphs> QTextLayout::glyphs() const
 {
     QList<QGlyphs> glyphs;
     for (int i=0; i<d->lines.size(); ++i)
-        glyphs += QTextLine(i, d).glyphs();
+        glyphs += QTextLine(i, d).glyphs(-1, -1);
 
     return glyphs;
 }
@@ -2198,13 +2198,16 @@ namespace {
 /*!
     \internal
 
-    Returns the glyph indexes and positions for all glyphs in this QTextLine.
+    Returns the glyph indexes and positions for all glyphs in this QTextLine which reside in
+    QScriptItems that overlap with the range defined by \a from and \a length. The arguments
+    specify characters, relative to the text in the layout. Note that it is not possible to
+    use this function to retrieve a subset of the glyphs in a QScriptItem.
 
     \since 4.8
 
     \sa QTextLayout::glyphs()
 */
-QList<QGlyphs> QTextLine::glyphs() const
+QList<QGlyphs> QTextLine::glyphs(int from, int length) const
 {
     const QScriptLine &line = eng->lines[i];
 
@@ -2217,7 +2220,13 @@ QList<QGlyphs> QTextLine::glyphs() const
     qreal y = line.y.toReal() + line.base().toReal();
     while (!iterator.atEnd()) {
         QScriptItem &si = iterator.next();
+        if (si.analysis.flags >= QScriptAnalysis::TabOrObject)
+            continue;
+
         QPointF pos(iterator.x.toReal(), y);
+        if (from >= 0 && length >= 0 &&
+            (from >= si.position + eng->length(&si) || from + length <= si.position))
+            continue;
 
         QFont font = eng->font(si);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.h b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.h
index f6aaf22..32d6d0e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.h
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ public:
 private:
     QTextLine(int line, QTextEngine *e) : i(line), eng(e) {}
     void layout_helper(int numGlyphs);
-    QList<QGlyphs> glyphs() const;
+    QList<QGlyphs> glyphs(int from, int length) const;
 
     friend class QTextLayout;
+    friend class QTextFragment;
     int i;
     QTextEngine *eng;
 };
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
index 5fb3384..e366f77 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
@@ -1650,6 +1650,35 @@ QTextBlock::iterator &QTextBlock::iterator::operator--()
     than the \a other text fragment; otherwise returns false.
 */
 
+/*!
+    Returns the glyphs of this text fragment. The positions of the glyphs are
+    relative to the position of the QTextBlock's layout.
+
+    \sa QGlyphs, QTextBlock::layout(), QTextLayout::position(), QPainter::drawGlyphs()
+*/
+QList<QGlyphs> QTextFragment::glyphs() const
+{
+    if (!p || !n)
+        return QList<QGlyphs>();
+
+    int pos = position();
+    int len = length();
+    if (len == 0)
+        return QList<QGlyphs>();
+
+    int blockNode = p->blockMap().findNode(pos);
+
+    const QTextBlockData *blockData = p->blockMap().fragment(blockNode);
+    QTextLayout *layout = blockData->layout;
+
+    QList<QGlyphs> ret;
+    for (int i=0; i<layout->lineCount(); ++i) {
+        QTextLine textLine = layout->lineAt(i);
+        ret += textLine.glyphs(pos, len);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
 
 /*!
     Returns the position of this text fragment in the document.
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
index a573a26..332458d 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/qobject.h>
 #include <QtGui/qtextformat.h>
+#include <QtGui/qglyphs.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_HEADER
 
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ public:
     int charFormatIndex() const;
     QString text() const;
 
+    QList<QGlyphs> glyphs() const;
+
 private:
     const QTextDocumentPrivate *p;
     int n;