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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-109599

Password characters are not visible with a screenreader

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    • Windows
    • 9756f62a6 (dev), 7c2f495d2 (6.10), da806c69d (6.9)

      Steps to reproduce:

      • Create a LineEdit and set echo mode to password

      Actual behavior:

      • When you try to read characters with screenreader (here NVDA on Windows) "blank" is announce and you cannot see if edit field contains characters or not and know number of characters.

      Expected behavior:

      • Screenreader should announce the * character when navigating with arrow keys.

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        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        653033,3 QLineEdit a11y: Report displayText on a11y layer dev qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        653408,2 QLineEdit a11y: Report displayText on a11y layer 6.10 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        653621,2 QLineEdit a11y: Report displayText on a11y layer 6.9 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0

            qt.team.quick.subscriptions Qt Quick and Widgets Team
            oreonan Corentin Bacqué-Cazenave
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