diff -r 33e7b9d3f91c -r ffe7432f716b src/eric7/EricNetwork/EricHostnameInputWidget.py
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/eric7/EricNetwork/EricHostnameInputWidget.py Thu Aug 03 17:33:07 2023 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing an input widget for network host names.
+"""
+
+from PyQt6.QtCore import QRegularExpression
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QRegularExpressionValidator
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QLineEdit
+
+
+class EricHostnameInputWidget(QLineEdit):
+ """
+ Class implementing an input widget for network host names.
+ """
+ def __init__(self, parent=None):
+ """
+ Constructor
+
+ @param parent reference to the parent widget (defaults to None)
+ @type QWidget (optional)
+ """
+ super().__init__(parent)
+
+ self.setClearButtonEnabled(True)
+
+ self.setValidator(
+ QRegularExpressionValidator(
+ QRegularExpression(
+ r"""([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])"""
+ )
+ )
+ )
+ self.setMaxLength(63)
