Closed Bug 953820 Opened 10 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Show caps lock warning when typing in a password field

Categories

(Instantbird Graveyard :: Account manager, defect)

defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: benediktp, Unassigned)

References

Details

*** Original post on bio 377 at 2010-03-11 22:03:00 UTC ***

Show a warning when typing in a password field and caps lock is enabled. This can't be done properly using Javascript and key events only, since the caps lock key is not reported separately.

Checking for "uppercase-letter while shift key is not pressed" isn't working properly either since it requires pressing another key and it would be nice to warn before that even happens.
*** Original post on bio 377 at 2010-08-23 11:53:40 UTC ***

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259059

This is a bug on the Mozilla Bugtracker, sitting there for years already, with a half-finished patch as it seems. Maybe it could serve as basis for an own patch here (or our fix could go there and finally solve this issue).
See Also: → 259059
*** Original post on bio 377 at 2010-08-31 13:16:59 UTC ***

Could be possible to do this without a native component, using js-ctypes instead. Here are a few pointers:

user32.dll:GetKeyState
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms927178.aspx

user32.dll:GetKeyboardState
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646299%28VS.85%29.aspx

Virtual-Key Codes
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms927178.aspx
On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.
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