diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index bad40ae9d44..3d485eeb457 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -2470,6 +2470,16 @@ int BaseTextEditorWidget::position(BaseTextEditor::PositionOperation posOp, int
     return -1;
 }
 
+QRect BaseTextEditorWidget::cursorRect(int pos) const
+{
+    QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
+    if (pos >= 0)
+        tc.setPosition(pos);
+    QRect result = cursorRect(tc);
+    result.moveTo(viewport()->mapToGlobal(result.topLeft()));
+    return result;
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditorWidget::convertPosition(int pos, int *line, int *column) const
 {
     Convenience::convertPosition(document(), pos, line, column);
@@ -6632,12 +6642,7 @@ void BaseTextEditor::convertPosition(int pos, int *line, int *column) const
 
 QRect BaseTextEditor::cursorRect(int pos) const
 {
-    QTextCursor tc = editorWidget()->textCursor();
-    if (pos >= 0)
-        tc.setPosition(pos);
-    QRect result = editorWidget()->cursorRect(tc);
-    result.moveTo(editorWidget()->viewport()->mapToGlobal(result.topLeft()));
-    return result;
+    return editorWidget()->cursorRect(pos);
 }
 
 QString BaseTextEditor::selectedText() const
@@ -6647,7 +6652,12 @@ QString BaseTextEditor::selectedText() const
 
 void BaseTextEditor::remove(int length)
 {
-    QTextCursor tc = editorWidget()->textCursor();
+    editorWidget()->remove(length);
+}
+
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::remove(int length)
+{
+    QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
     tc.setPosition(tc.position() + length, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
     tc.removeSelectedText();
 }
@@ -6659,17 +6669,27 @@ void BaseTextEditor::insert(const QString &string)
 
 void BaseTextEditor::replace(int length, const QString &string)
 {
-    QTextCursor tc = editorWidget()->textCursor();
+    editorWidget()->replace(length, string);
+}
+
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::replace(int length, const QString &string)
+{
+    QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
     tc.setPosition(tc.position() + length, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
     tc.insertText(string);
 }
 
 void BaseTextEditor::setCursorPosition(int pos)
 {
-    editorWidget()->setBlockSelection(false);
-    QTextCursor tc = editorWidget()->textCursor();
+    editorWidget()->setCursorPosition(pos);
+}
+
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::setCursorPosition(int pos)
+{
+    setBlockSelection(false);
+    QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
     tc.setPosition(pos);
-    editorWidget()->setTextCursor(tc);
+    setTextCursor(tc);
 }
 
 void BaseTextEditor::select(int toPos)
@@ -7064,6 +7084,16 @@ QString BaseTextEditor::textAt(int from, int to) const
     return textDocument()->textAt(from, to);
 }
 
+QChar BaseTextEditorWidget::characterAt(int pos) const
+{
+    return textDocument()->characterAt(pos);
+}
+
+QString BaseTextEditorWidget::textAt(int from, int to) const
+{
+    return textDocument()->textAt(from, to);
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditorWidget::configureMimeType(const QString &mimeType)
 {
     configureMimeType(MimeDatabase::findByType(mimeType));
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index f14f9cba623..09fa02208be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ public:
     int position(BaseTextEditor::PositionOperation posOp = BaseTextEditor::Current,
          int at = -1) const;
     void convertPosition(int pos, int *line, int *column) const;
+    using QPlainTextEdit::cursorRect;
+    QRect cursorRect(int pos) const;
+    void setCursorPosition(int pos);
 
     void print(QPrinter *);
 
@@ -571,6 +574,11 @@ public:
     void setupAsPlainEditor();
     void setupFallBackEditor(Core::Id id);
 
+    void remove(int length);
+    void replace(int length, const QString &string);
+    QChar characterAt(int pos) const;
+    QString textAt(int from, int to) const;
+
 protected:
     /*!
        Reimplement this function to enable code navigation.