Password

The Password DSP widget masks the value of the field so that the value is not readable.

Password field in Chrome
Password control in Chrome browser

Widget Summary
Logical widget name: EditBox
Maps to physical widget: htmlinput of type text
Default definition: htmlinput(html:type=password)
Supported triggers and properties: See htmlinput.
Use for: String fields whose content must be hidden.

Widget Property Restrictions

The following restrictions apply:

  • For the Text Alignment (style:text-align) property, the value justify is not supported.
  • For the Text Alignment (style:text-decoration) property, the value blink is not supported.
  • If the HTML element in the layout has the attribute type="text", the text in the field will not masked.

    Note:  Prior to Uniface 9.7, this widget was implemented as a JavaScript control and the HTML element in the layout had the attribute type="text". If your are using the newer HTML5 implementations of this widget, and your DSP was created prior to Uniface 9.7, you need to remove this attribute from the layout.