Re: [pgAdmin][RM4310] User can not connect to the Master Password with Enter button

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgAdmin][RM4310] User can not connect to the Master Password with Enter button
Date: 2019-06-10 13:04:10
Message-ID: CA+OCxozSR5G2qEp5Mj7h0eJVP48Yqy9qQ7RiYLxXwbJ2AAO7kA@mail.gmail.com
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Thanks, applied!

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:35 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 2:34 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 1:39 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 4:48 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 8:14 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is the patch to fix an issue where using browser autofills in
>>>>> alertify dialogs triggers the help page button (#4317).
>>>>> A workaround was added to master password dialog to avoid this, but
>>>>> that in turn disabled the 'OK' button tigger on pressing enter button. This
>>>>> is also fixed with this patch.(#4310)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This isn't quite right. When the browser auto-fills the password, the
>>>> OK button remains disabled. I can hit enter though - however, I shouldn't
>>>> be able to do that when the OK button is disabled (being the default button
>>>> on the dialogue, it should respond to enter, unless another control which
>>>> also accepts enter has focus (e.g. a multiline text area).
>>>>
>>> The autofilled password appears as set, but it is actually not set to
>>> textbox unless you enter/click in the dropdown. We get the DOM element
>>> value as blank even if it appears filled. This is how chromium autofill
>>> behaves. Upon hitting enter the autofill value is set to the textbox and OK
>>> button is enabled.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The OK button should be enabled - probably all the time, as the user
>>>> could have entered a blank password, and most systems won't prevent a user
>>>> from trying to use such a password.
>>>>
>>> I have made the changes to allow blank master password, plus enabling OK
>>> button always. Attached is the updated patch.
>>>
>>
>> I think you've slightly mis-understood what I was trying to say.
>>
>> - We should not allow a blank password.
>> - We should not disable the OK button at all.
>>
>> My analogy was focussed on the fact that most systems never disable OK
>> buttons on login dialogues, as some of those systems (but not all of
>> course) may allow blank passwords.
>>
> Got it !! Attached is the updated patch.
>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Page
>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>
>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB India | Pune
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>

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