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Re: [PLUG] un-obscuring password fields
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It looks like Qt's password field (The library that kde uses) is
turned on by the const set from enum QLineEdit::EchoMode and it
doesn't look like there's any trivial way to change it. If you're
really desperate, you can recompile the Qt library and change that
particular switch statement to always default when it encounters one
of the obscure password consts.
In short, it's a security feature and the developers want to make it
hard for you to shoot yourself in the foot. Keep in mind that the
password field functionality also enables "write only" mode so someone
can't copy/paste passwords.
-Jon
On Jan 22, 2008 6:49 AM, Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:
> i've been wondering the same thing once in a while on occasion (not out of
> desire to implement it; simply out of curiosity). i haven't found anything
> so far but if i do i'll let you know.
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 6:41 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Nobody that concerns me ever looks over my shoulder at my home machine.
> Is
> > there a way to get it (in particular KDE) to echo passwords as I type
> instead
> > of dots or asterisks? I've gotten to be a way too spastic typist when it
> > comes to long passwords.
> >
> >
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