[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 37719] Some HTML5 Input tags not treated as needing an input method.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37719





--- Comment #23 from Oliver Hunt <oliver at apple.com>  2010-04-22 09:17:44 PST ---
(In reply to comment #21)
> This change will make a regression on Safari/Windows and Chromium/Windows.
> shouldUseInputMethod() doesn't return true for type=password so that users type
> their passwords with IME mistakenly.
> I don't agree that shouldUseInputMethod() returns true for NUMBER, EMAIL and
> PASSWORD.

The reason IME's are disabled for the password field is because IMEs can access
the underlying password and display it in clear text -- eg. you can use it to
access the stored password for any site somewhat trivially.

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