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Installer displays encrypted partition password entry in cleartext

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, 35540 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35540: Installer displays encrypted partition password entry in cleartext
Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 12:02:16 +0200

Hello,

Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>> #2 would please everybody, but I do not know what widgets Newt
>> provides for this.  Mathieu, would you know if changing the
>> visibility with e.g. a checkbox is doable?
>
> You'll find a patch attached that adds a checkbox to toggle password
> hiding. Every password input now has such a checkbox, WDYT?

It looks great!

I would perhaps add that checkbox only for the passphrase, in part
because when I test an install I prefer to have fewer keystrokes :-),
but also because this might clutter dialog boxes and cause troubles:
what if the translation of “Hide” is takes up more space? is it still
going to fit?

WDYT?

Thank you!

Ludo’.

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