This is stil lthe standard and expected behavior for password input field in HTML and many devices, to not display the actual characters but to **display** them as bullets or asterisks.
If IBus cannot hide the input (i.e. generate the entered characters to the application without displaying it, and let the output hints (bullets/asterisks) be generated only by the application, then iBus has a problem and may not be usable for compliant password inputs. 2016-12-23 22:34 GMT+01:00 Richard Wordingham < [email protected]>: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 20:35:07 +0100 > Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > But note that input fields for entering password or secret codes in > > application forms/dialogs are typically using black bullets U+2022 > > (•) or simply ASCII asterisks U+002A (*) to replace the entered > > characters: they cannot be read, but the user knows what he is > > entering on his keyboard. > > How? All I know is which keys I've pressed! This is a real problem > when unlocking the screen with the current erratic behaviour of IBus on > Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). > > Richard. > >
