Secure password fields need a way to show passwords or accept pasted text
| Originator: | doug | ||
| Number: | rdar://12206825 | Date Originated: | |
| Status: | open | Resolved: | |
| Product: | Mac OS X | Product Version: | All |
| Classification: | Security | Reproducible: | N/A |
Not being able to see a password in a secure text field makes it basically impossible to reliably enter any decent sized password. Typing in u"-mRtOml'jqA.8Or>%gscp823!7R is not at all practical when you can't check your typing along the way. Alternatively accepting pasted text would work too as you could copy your password out of a password manager and into the text field without worrying about errors.
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