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From 65851a450926befad65d9cffcaa217875d1936c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Goldstein <max.goldstein@qt.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:17:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/28] qmlfunctions.qdoc: Add clarification to QML_FOREIGN

Fixes: QTBUG-87150
Change-Id: If99a06a07892bdfef7b6b1e8fa737480750992fe
Reviewed-by: Fabian Kosmale <fabian.kosmale@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 56f428c360191230b571969a2651e85380030afa)
---
 examples/qml/doc/src/qml-extending.qdoc | 4 ++++
 src/qml/doc/src/qmlfunctions.qdoc       | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/examples/qml/doc/src/qml-extending.qdoc b/examples/qml/doc/src/qml-extending.qdoc
index 723e470d45..c9922ebd45 100644
--- a/examples/qml/doc/src/qml-extending.qdoc
+++ b/examples/qml/doc/src/qml-extending.qdoc
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ Qt's internal QLineEdit class.
 
 \snippet referenceexamples/extended/lineedit.h 0
 
+Note the usage of \l QML_NAMED_ELEMENT() instead of \l QML_ELEMENT.
+QML_ELEMENT uses the name of the containing type by default, "LineEditExtension" in this case.
+As the class being an extension class is an implementation detail, we choose the more natural name "LineEdit" instead
+
 The QML engine then instantiates a \l QLineEdit:
 
 \snippet referenceexamples/extended/main.cpp 1
diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/qmlfunctions.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/qmlfunctions.qdoc
index 12b7efb159..4e531ceb61 100644
--- a/src/qml/doc/src/qmlfunctions.qdoc
+++ b/src/qml/doc/src/qmlfunctions.qdoc
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@
   This is useful for registering types that cannot be amended to add the macros,
   for example because they belong to 3rdparty libraries.
 
+  \b{NOTE:} You may want to use \l QML_NAMED_ELEMENT() instead of \l QML_ELEMENT due to the fact that
+  the element will be named like the struct it is contained in, not the foreign type.
+  See \l {Extending QML - Extension Objects Example} for an example.
+
   \sa QML_ELEMENT, QML_NAMED_ELEMENT()
 */
 
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