On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 13:08:08 GMT, Alexander Zvegintsev <azveg...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Some useful documentation was added to the JPasswordField. > > src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/JPasswordField.java line 68: > >> 66: * handling confidential information such as the password text, refer to >> the >> 67: * relevant section at >> 68: * <a >> href="https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html";> > > We might want to use the link with an anchor to the specific section, e.g.: > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html#2-2 If we want to allow that the representation of what was typed is anything the UI decides then let's start from scratch, The {@code JPasswordField} will not show the original characters that were typed, instead displaying alternative text or graphics. However this doesn't prevent... [and then the rest is as originally proposed] ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4296
