> On Jun 2, 2021, at 11:00 PM, Phil Race <p...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
> 
> It is a text field. It displays unicode text. Nothing else. It can't display 
> a graphic such as a dot unless it is a unicode
> assigned code point. So if we want to re-define text across the platform to 
> exclude some subset of unicode it will be
> a questionable and difficult job and this informational comment isn't the 
> place to start.

Needless to say, I am not suggesting anything of the sort. You seem to be 
nitpicking my words rather than trying to understand my suggestion.

The component UI has complete control over painting. It can paint anything it 
wants, not just text. Normally, that would be a terrible idea, but in the case 
of a password field, the goal is to not display the entered text, but give very 
limited feedback when the user types a character.

  Alan

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