import Qt 4.7 FocusScope { id: focusScope width: 250; height: 28 BorderImage { source: "images/lineedit-bg.png" width: parent.width; height: parent.height border { left: 4; top: 4; right: 4; bottom: 4 } } BorderImage { source: "images/lineedit-bg-focus.png" width: parent.width; height: parent.height border { left: 4; top: 4; right: 4; bottom: 4 } visible: parent.wantsFocus ? true : false } Text { id: typeSomething anchors.fill: parent; anchors.leftMargin: 8 verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter text: "Type something..." color: "gray" font.italic: true } MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: focusScope.focus = true } TextInput { id: textInput anchors { left: parent.left; leftMargin: 8; verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter } focus: true } Image { id: clear anchors { right: parent.right; rightMargin: 8; verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter } source: "images/edit-clear-locationbar-rtl.png" opacity: 0 MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent onClicked: { textInput.text = ''; focusScope.focus = true } } } states: State { name: "hasText"; when: textInput.text != '' PropertyChanges { target: typeSomething; opacity: 0 } PropertyChanges { target: clear; opacity: 1 } } transitions: [ Transition { from: ""; to: "hasText" NumberAnimation { exclude: typeSomething; properties: "opacity" } }, Transition { from: "hasText"; to: "" NumberAnimation { properties: "opacity" } } ] }