I would like to set the text of a QComboBox to some custom text (that is not in the QComboBox's list), without adding this text as an item of the QComboBox.
This behaviour is achievable on an editable QComboBox with QComboBox::setEditText(const QString & text)
.
On a non-editable QComboBox, however, this function does nothing.
Is it possible to programmatically set the display/edit text of a non-editable QComboBox to something that is not in its list? Or do I have to find another way (e.g. use a QPushButton with a popup menu)
EDIT: Consider an editable QComboBox with InsertPolicy
QComboBox::NoInsert
. If the user types in something and hits enter, the entered value will be used but not added to the list. What I want is this behaviour to change the 'current' text programmatically, but without allowing the user to type in some text himself. The user can choose something from the QComboBox, but some time later, I may want to override the 'current' text.