I think this statement is over-constraining the UI behavior.
What the password field displays does not have to be text in the ordinary sense
of the word. It could be a series of large dots. It is really up to the UI.
Also, the sentence is turned around. It should not start with the “text
entered”, which is irrelevant.
Also, a UI may allow the user to request that the entered text be displayed.
That should not be ruled out.
How about:
For security reasons, JPasswordField does not display the entered text. (Some
UIs may allow the user to request the display of the entered text.)
> On Jun 2, 2021, at 6:33 PM, Phil Race <p...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 01:23:25 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>
>>> I do not like the phrase "Although the text displayed in", the "text" is
>>> not displayed in the JPasswordField per se, please suggest something else.
>>
>> "The text entered in {@code JPasswordField} displays that something was
>> typed and does not show the original characters"
>> ?
>
> change "and" to "but" and that will be good enough
>
> "The text entered in {@code JPasswordField} displays that something was typed
> but does not show the original characters"
>
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>
> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4296
>
