Re: [Usability] Use circles in password field

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 21 Feb 2006, at 22:54, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:

> On Feb 22, 2006, at 6:22 AM, William Jon McCann wrote:
> > ...
> > Any chance we can get a line added to the HIG "Text Entry Fields"  
> > Guidelines that says something like:
> >
> > * A text entry that is used for requesting a password from the  
> > user should hide the contents of the entry by using a black circle  
> > (Unicode 0x25cf) for each character.  Example:
> >    gtk_entry_set_visibility (entry, FALSE);
> >    gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (entry, 0x25cf);
> > ...
>
> This seems like something that should Just Work in GTK (that is,  
> black dots should be the *default* character in a password field),  
> and that should therefore be out of scope of the HIG.

Yep, I'd second that.  A bug against gtk sounds like the right course  
of action here...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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