[2.0] TextField inputType password encodes characters from emptyText property

[pibos]

If you set up a TextField with inputType = password, value = "" and emptyText = "Some hint to be displayed", emptyText will show up with password chars (*)

[ifcwlme]

BUMP

[Uberdude]

OVERBUMP

[Condor]

You could use this patch (it's for a totally different problem, but it does help).

[abraxxa]

This is still the case for ExtJS 3.1.0.
Is there already a workaround?

[milanz]

What I do is add a focus and blur event and implement some logic to switch the input type from password to text.

i.e. Ext.getDom('txtPassword').type = "text";

[davemarkle]

I'm no pro, so take this for what it's worth... a dirty solution that works.

The idea is to toggle the field between inputType text and password. The important settings are: id, enableKeyEvents: true, and adding a listener on the keyup event.

var createAccountPasswordField = new Ext.form.TextField({renderTo:'createAccountPasswordDiv',id: 'createAccountPasswordField',maxLength:15,width:230,tabIndex: 2, emptyText: 'Make it strong!', enableKeyEvents: true, style: "padding-left: 10px; height: 40px; font-size: 20px;",
					listeners: {
						keyup: function(){
							if( createAccountPasswordField.getValue().length > 0 ){
								Ext.getDom('createAccountPasswordField').type = "password";
							} else {
								Ext.getDom('createAccountPasswordField').type = "text";
							}
						}
					}
				});