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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
It's not about focus. Basically, while you edit the password, it is displayed. Try opening the dialog again and you will see the existing password is obscured.
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Yes, I understand that.
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
IIRC, the theory is that if someone can see your screen they can also see you press keys, so there is no point obscuring the password while editing it, and displaying it makes it easier to avoid mistakes while editing.
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OK. It's just completely different from the behaviour of every other password box I've ever seen, which
never display the password visibly (hence the need to retype, to avoid mistakes while editing). For example, in any other (non-Qt) application, if I am giving a talk and using a projector, I don't have to worry about turning off the projector before I type my password.
But if that's the way it is with Qt password boxes, that's the way it is.
