Actually, one benefit of this solution is that if you don't lock the screen, each character does show briefly all by itself. That's how I usually let it work.
On December 29, 2015 9:54:15 PM CST, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >That's the one I went with. I might adapt it to show each character >briefly >before hiding it and/or provide an option to show it in plain text. > >On Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 7:19 PM J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >wrote: > >> On 12/29/2015 6:33 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> > I know there is an "ask thing" command that will replace the thing >with >> > black dots as it is being typed in but is there some way to do that >> using a >> > regular field? >> >> Here is my favorite approach: >> >> < >> >http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/custom-password-dialogue-tp290635p290644.html >> > >> >> After I read Bill Marriott's solution, I adopted it forever after. It >> requires almost no work at all and takes advantage of LC's built-in >text >> handling. Very easy. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
