Consider putting the change-password fields in another form? Either that or hiding them until the user indicates that they're trying to carry out this optional operation.
Michael On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Charles Coleman <ccole...@email.unc.edu>wrote: > Hi, > > My group is working on a little application that will enable users to set > up synchronization between Oracle Calendar and Google Calendar. The user's > interface includes a password field where they must provide their Google > password (if they wish to use the application). The password is encrypted > and stored in a database for later use by the synch job. > > PasswordField of course does not render out any content, which I > understand. The reasons for this were well-explained here a few months ago. > However, in this application, I am concerned that the appearance of an empty > field on the user profile page will lead people to worry that their password > needs to be re-entered, and I'd like it to render out a little string of > "*******" instead. > > It looks like the relevant render method in the 5.0.18 source is final; so > it seems that my only recourse is to make my own custom component, or > perhaps to use a litttle Javascript to put some dummy content in that field. > Is that right? Of course, I need to look at the 5.1 source still, but, I > suspect, it is final there as well. > > The PasswordField is in a BeanEditor, and I'm not even sure if I can get > the element ID to try an adhoc JavaScript trick. > > Thanks, > > Charles Coleman > > > Charles E. Coleman > Academic Applications Developer > Office of Arts & Sciences Information Services > University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > CB 3056, 06 Howell Hall > Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3056 > 919.xxx.xxxx (Direct Line) > ccole...@email.unc.edu > AIM: oasisccoleman > http://oasis.unc.edu/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >
