16645 - Shift characters show up in password text fields

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 15463

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P1)

Description

[Chris McAfee]

Linux, apprunner
shift-characters like '#' and '!' show
up in password dialogs.

Comment 1

[Chris McAfee]

sorry, I meant text fields like you see at
bugzilla, http://mail.yahoo.com, etc.

Comment 2

[karnaze (gone)]

Reassigning to Steve.

Comment 3

[buster]

assigned to akkana, cc kathy and pav.  This seems to be Linux only (sujay or
kathy, please verify this does not occur on Mac.)

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

typing works fine on Macintosh (I get '*' for each character)

However, I have noticed some peculiarities which should probably be a separate
bug--typing the following in a password field appear to generate characters (add
a '*'):
     pageup
     pagedown
     escape
     insert/help (above the forward delete key)
     numlock/clear (on the keypad)

Comment 5

[Stuart Parmenter]

I checked in code to turn off XIM.  Marking as duplicate of XIM does not work
bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16670 ***

Comment 6

[Erik van der Poel]

Akkana, this one happens to be assigned to you at the moment. Are you the right
person to add '!' to the virtual key table we discussed previously? If not,
could you reassign this bug to the right person?

I have opened bug 16940 for the XP API to disable input methods for password
fields.

Comment 7

[Akkana Peck]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15463 ***

Comment 8

[rubydoo123]

setting to an approximate milestone so it can be off of the no TFV list