basetexteditor: make block selection accessible

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 53ffdea928..87062a84b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -5786,6 +5786,21 @@ bool BaseTextEditor::inFindScope(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd)
     return true;
 }
 
+void BaseTextEditor::setBlockSelection(bool on)
+{
+    if (d->m_inBlockSelectionMode != on) {
+        d->m_inBlockSelectionMode = on;
+        if (on)
+            d->m_blockSelection.fromSelection(tabSettings(), textCursor());
+        viewport()->update();
+    }
+}
+
+bool BaseTextEditor::hasBlockSelection() const
+{
+    return d->m_inBlockSelectionMode;
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditor::handleBlockSelection(int diff_row, int diff_col)
 {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index 176350502f..423dff62ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ public:
 
     void insertCodeSnippet(const QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &snippet);
 
+    void setBlockSelection(bool on);
+    bool hasBlockSelection() const;
 
     int verticalBlockSelectionFirstColumn() const;
     int verticalBlockSelectionLastColumn() const;