diff -r 41300fa6a67c -r f7bc934e204c src/gui/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp	Wed Mar 31 11:06:36 2010 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 ** All rights reserved.
 ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
 **
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@
 void QLineEditPrivate::_q_selectionChanged()
 {
     Q_Q(QLineEdit);
-    if (control->preeditAreaText().isEmpty()) {
+    if (!control->text().isEmpty() && control->preeditAreaText().isEmpty()) {
         QStyleOptionFrameV2 opt;
         q->initStyleOption(&opt);
         bool showCursor = control->hasSelectedText() ?
                           q->style()->styleHint(QStyle::SH_BlinkCursorWhenTextSelected, &opt, q):
-                          true;
+                          q->hasFocus();
         setCursorVisible(showCursor);
     }