diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
index 6645a37..e24cc8a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void QLineEditIconButton::actionEvent(QActionEvent *e)
     switch (e->type()) {
     case QEvent::ActionChanged: {
         const QAction *action = e->action();
-        if (isVisible() != action->isVisible()) {
+        if (isVisibleTo(parentWidget()) != action->isVisible()) {
             setVisible(action->isVisible());
             if (QLineEdit *le = qobject_cast<QLineEdit *>(parentWidget()))
                 static_cast<QLineEditPrivate *>(qt_widget_private(le))->positionSideWidgets();
@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ void QLineEditPrivate::positionSideWidgets()
         QRect widgetGeometry(QPoint(QLineEditIconButton::IconMargin, (contentRect.height() - iconSize.height()) / 2), iconSize);
         foreach (const SideWidgetEntry &e, leftSideWidgetList()) {
             e.widget->setGeometry(widgetGeometry);
-            if (e.widget->isVisible())
+            if (e.action->isVisible())
                 widgetGeometry.moveLeft(widgetGeometry.left() + delta);
         }
         widgetGeometry.moveLeft(contentRect.width() - iconSize.width() - QLineEditIconButton::IconMargin);
         foreach (const SideWidgetEntry &e, rightSideWidgetList()) {
             e.widget->setGeometry(widgetGeometry);
-            if (e.widget->isVisible())
+            if (e.action->isVisible())
                 widgetGeometry.moveLeft(widgetGeometry.left() - delta);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
index e6d63ee..1a5acbd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlineedit/tst_qlineedit.cpp
@@ -4319,10 +4319,10 @@ void tst_QLineEdit::clearButtonVisibleAfterSettingText_QTBUG_45518()
 #endif // QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
 }
 
-static inline QIcon sideWidgetTestIcon()
+static inline QIcon sideWidgetTestIcon(Qt::GlobalColor color = Qt::yellow)
 {
     QImage image(QSize(20, 20), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
-    image.fill(Qt::yellow);
+    image.fill(color);
     return QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(image));
 }
 
@@ -4360,6 +4360,15 @@ void tst_QLineEdit::sideWidgets()
     lineEdit->addAction(iconAction);
 }
 
+template <class T> T *findAssociatedWidget(const QAction *a)
+{
+    foreach (QWidget *w, a->associatedWidgets()) {
+        if (T *result = qobject_cast<T *>(w))
+            return result;
+    }
+    return Q_NULLPTR;
+}
+
 void tst_QLineEdit::sideWidgetsActionEvents()
 {
     // QTBUG-39660, verify whether action events are handled by the widget.
@@ -4369,27 +4378,43 @@ void tst_QLineEdit::sideWidgetsActionEvents()
     l->addWidget(lineEdit);
     l->addSpacerItem(new QSpacerItem(0, 50, QSizePolicy::Ignored, QSizePolicy::Fixed));
     QAction *iconAction = lineEdit->addAction(sideWidgetTestIcon(), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
+    QAction *iconAction1 = lineEdit->addAction(sideWidgetTestIcon(Qt::red), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
+    QAction *iconAction2 = lineEdit->addAction(sideWidgetTestIcon(Qt::blue), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
+    QAction *iconAction3 = lineEdit->addAction(sideWidgetTestIcon(Qt::yellow), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
+    iconAction3->setVisible(false);
+
     testWidget.move(300, 300);
     testWidget.show();
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&testWidget));
 
-    QWidget *toolButton = Q_NULLPTR;
-    foreach (QWidget *w, iconAction->associatedWidgets()) {
-        if (qobject_cast<QToolButton *>(w)) {
-            toolButton = w;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    QVERIFY(toolButton);
+    QWidget *toolButton1 = findAssociatedWidget<QToolButton>(iconAction1);
+    QWidget *toolButton2 = findAssociatedWidget<QToolButton>(iconAction2);
+    QWidget *toolButton3 = findAssociatedWidget<QToolButton>(iconAction3);
+
+    QVERIFY(toolButton1);
+    QVERIFY(toolButton2);
+    QVERIFY(toolButton3);
+
+    QVERIFY(!toolButton3->isVisible()); // QTBUG-48899 , action hidden before show().
+
+    QVERIFY(toolButton1->isVisible());
+    QVERIFY(toolButton1->isEnabled());
+
+    QVERIFY(toolButton2->isVisible());
+    QVERIFY(toolButton2->isEnabled());
+
+    const int toolButton1X = toolButton1->x();
+    const int toolButton2X = toolButton2->x();
+    QVERIFY(toolButton1X < toolButton2X); // QTBUG-48806, positioned beside each other.
 
-    QVERIFY(toolButton->isVisible());
-    QVERIFY(toolButton->isEnabled());
+    iconAction1->setEnabled(false);
+    QVERIFY(!toolButton1->isEnabled());
 
-    iconAction->setEnabled(false);
-    QVERIFY(!toolButton->isEnabled());
+    iconAction1->setVisible(false);
+    QVERIFY(!toolButton1->isVisible());
 
-    iconAction->setVisible(false);
-    QVERIFY(!toolButton->isVisible());
+    // QTBUG-39660, button 2 takes position of invisible button 1.
+    QCOMPARE(toolButton2->x(), toolButton1X);
 }
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Qt::AlignmentFlag)