use MouseListener for showing and positioning the EditBubble, basically works, needs polishing

declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/platformcomponents/touch/EditBubble.qml

@@ -25,14 +25,19 @@ PlasmaCore.FrameSvgItem {
     id: editBubble
     objectName: "editBubble"
     property int iconSize: 32;
+    //property alias cursorPosition: textInput.cursorPosition;
+    property variant cursorPosition: "0,0"
 
     imagePath: "dialogs/background"
     width: (iconSize*2) + iconSize
     height: iconSize*2
     z: 1
-    anchors { top: parent.bottom; right: parent.right; topMargin: -(iconSize/4); }
+    //anchors { top: parent.bottom; right: parent.right; topMargin: -(iconSize/4); }
 
-    state: (textInput.activeFocus && (textInput.selectedText != "" || textInput.canPaste)) ? "expanded" : "collapsed";
+    // fully dynamic show / hide
+    //state: (textInput.activeFocus && (textInput.selectedText != "" || textInput.canPaste)) ? "expanded" : "collapsed";
+    // state controlled externally
+    state: "collapsed"
 
     Row {
         id: buttonRow
@@ -74,6 +79,12 @@ PlasmaCore.FrameSvgItem {
             }
         }
     }
+    onCursorPositionChanged: {
+        //if (typeof(cursorPosition == "undefined")) return;
+        //print("     new cursorPosition: " + cursorPosition.x + "," + cursorPosition.y);
+        x = cursorPosition.x - parent.width/2
+        y = cursorPosition.y - parent.height
+    }
     states: [
         State {
             id: expanded

declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/platformcomponents/touch/TextField.qml

@@ -139,12 +139,14 @@ Item {
         font.underline: theme.defaultFont.underline
         font.weight: theme.defaultFont.weight
         font.wordSpacing: theme.defaultFont.wordSpacing
+
     }
 
-    EditBubble { iconSize: 32 }
+    EditBubble { id: editBubble; iconSize: 32 }
 
     TextInput {
         id: textInput
+        parent: mouseEventListener
 
         anchors {
             left: parent.left
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ Item {
     }
 
     PlasmaCore.SvgItem {
+        parent: mouseEventListener // reparent to the MouseFilter for MouseArea to work
         svg: PlasmaCore.Svg {imagePath: "widgets/lineedit"}
         elementId: "clearbutton"
         width: textInput.height
@@ -180,14 +183,44 @@ Item {
         anchors {
             right: parent.right
             rightMargin: y
-            verticalCenter: textInput.verticalCenter
+            verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
         }
         MouseArea {
             anchors.fill: parent
             onClicked: {
-                textInput.text = ""
+                print("clear button clicked");
-                textInput.forceActiveFocus()
+                textInput.text = "";
+                textInput.forceActiveFocus();
+                editBubble.state = "collapsed"
             }
+            //Rectangle { anchors.fill: parent; color: "green"; opacity: 0.3; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    MouseEventListener {
+        id: mouseEventListener
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        //onPressed: print(" MouseEventListener Pressed");
+        onPressAndHold: {
+            print(" *** MouseEventListener PressAndHold");
+            editBubble.cursorPosition = mouse;
+            editBubble.x = mouse.x-(editBubble.width/2)
+            editBubble.y = mouse.y-editBubble.height-8
+            editBubble.state  = (textInput.activeFocus && (textInput.selectedText != "" || textInput.canPaste)) ? "expanded" : "collapsed";
+            //editBubble.state = "expanded"
+        }
+        onPositionChanged: {
+            //print(" positionChanged: " + mouse.x + "," + mouse.y);
+            //if (typeof(mouse) == "undefined") return;
+            editBubble.cursorPosition = mouse;
+            editBubble.x = mouse.x-(editBubble.width/2)
+            editBubble.y = mouse.y-editBubble.height-8
+        }
+    }
+    onActiveFocusChanged: {
+        if (!activeFocus) {
+            editBubble.state = "collapsed";
+            print("Hiding...");
         }
     }
 }

declarativeimports/test/gallery/TextEditing.qml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.kde.plasma.components 0.1 as PlasmaComponents
 PlasmaComponents.Page {
     height: editThing.height
     property int implicitHeight: childrenRect.height
+    //scale: 1.25
 
     tools: PlasmaComponents.ToolBarLayout {
         spacing: 5
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ PlasmaComponents.Page {
             text: "Text fields page"
         }
     }
-
     MouseArea {
         anchors.fill: editThing
         onClicked: editThing.forceActiveFocus();
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ PlasmaComponents.Page {
 
         spacing: 12
         Item { height: 60; width: parent.width; }
-
         PlasmaComponents.TextField {
             placeholderText: "Try copy & paste"
+            text: "The cat bites into the socks"
+            width: parent.width
+            clearButtonShown: true
         }
         PlasmaComponents.TextArea {
             width: parent.width