[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Unconstrained input

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Saturday 22 June 2013 20:15:28 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2013, 22:53:21 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > On Friday 21 June 2013 16:10:47 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > 
> > I completely agree with everything, but I'd make some additions to this:
> > > * Mask letters if edit is used to enter passwords.
> > 
> > ** When setting a new password, have it entered twice to prevent typos in
> > passwords.
> > ** Provide a "Show password" checkbox to unmask the password both when
> > setting new and when entering existing passwords
> 
> Okay, plus: "Show password" checkbox is not checked by default" (As a
> remark: This is not standard in KDE yet it is desirable)

True. There are some applications (e.g. the NetworkManager Plasmoid) which 
already do it that way, however.