RFR: 8358813: JPasswordField identifies spaces in password via delete shortcuts

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 02:40:02 GMT, Jeremy Wood <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> There were a few action bindings available in JPasswordFields in Aqua that let you identify the boundaries of words.
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>> This came to my attention while looking at the related work https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/25443 . In that PR we said we should iterate across all available L&Fs, so this PR copies that same approach. (The original complaint only focused on Aqua, though.)
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> IMO this PR is a simple response that interfaces with an existing method. I recommend this approach because it should be relatively low-risk, and it is based on existing precedent.
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> By contrast: #25443 does something more aggressive (and interesting). It replaces selectWordAction with selectLineAction. That looks (to me) like a more thorough/better approach to the general problem of accidentally interacting with words in a password field. This PR should resolve any *KeyStroke-based* actions, but in JDK-8354646 the original complaint had to do with double-clicking the mouse; so this PR wouldn't impact those steps.
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> I haven't explored this thoroughly yet, but glancing through the AccessibleJTextField suggests an AX interface could still have access (via AccessibleActions) to the word-related actions we're trying to restrict access to. If so: this problem (accessing words in a password field) keeps popping up, and removing/replacing the unwanted actions seems like the most thorough response.
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> (Also see JDK-6191897 and JDK-4231444 ).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25688#issuecomment-3163574304