[Solved] Password Delayed Echoing

kbt90

I am trying to create a password dialog in which the user types in a value and can see that value until they type in the next value. Then the previous value becomes an asterisk.

For example, if the password is password, an entry would look as follows:
p
*a
**s
***s
****w
*****o
******r
*******d

Then, if the user pulls up the screen, all values will be displayed as an asterisk (e.g. ********).

Is there a way to do this using a delayed text echo with existing widgets or will I have to create a custom dialog?

Thanks,
Katelyn

loladiro

Try QLineEdit::PasswordEchoOnEdit (see "here":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qlineedit.html#EchoMode-enum).

kbt90

Thanks for the quick response! This accomplishes the password appearing as asterisks after I click out of the QLineEdit widget, but it does not hide the password letter by letter as it is entered.

bobby

Apologies for my ignorance, but are you trying to achieve the same effect seen in a lot of mobile applications?

kbt90

Yes, this effect can be seen on the android OS (mobile phones, NOOK Color, etc). I'm not sure if this is how other mobile phones do it.

loladiro

This has been discussed "here":http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-17003 in the context of qml (since it is common for mobile platforms). However as you can read, there is currently no native Qt implementation for this behavior (I hope they'll include it in Qt 5). If you really need it you'll have to implement it yourself.

kbt90

Thanks for the information - much appreciated!

loladiro

No problem. And if you consider you question solved, don't forget to add a [Solved] in front of your title (click edit on your first post).