--- a/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:37:55 2010 +0300
@@ -900,11 +900,14 @@
 */
 int QTextFormat::intProperty(int propertyId) const
 {
+    // required, since the default layout direction has to be LayoutDirectionAuto, which is not integer 0
+    int def = (propertyId == QTextFormat::LayoutDirection) ? int(Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto) : 0;
+
     if (!d)
-        return 0;
+        return def;
     const QVariant prop = d->property(propertyId);
     if (prop.userType() != QVariant::Int)
-        return 0;
+        return def;
     return prop.toInt();
 }