Weird VoiceOver announcement for text fields with PasswordVisualTransformation

[m-sasha]

Describe the bug For text fields with visualTransformation = PasswordVisualTransformation() VoiceOver correctly says it's a secure text element and it will not speak its content. But when you start typing it speaks "1 space c h a r a c t e r":

Affected platforms

• Desktop

Versions

• Compose Multiplatform version*: 1.5.10-rc01
• OS version(s)* (required for Desktop and iOS issues): macOS X Sonoma 14.0
• OS architecture (x86 or arm64): arm64
• JDK (for desktop issues): corretto 17.0.9

To Reproduce

fun main() = = singleWindowApplication {
    var text by remember { mutableStateOf("") }
    TextField(
        value = text,
        onValueChange = { text = it },
        visualTransformation = PasswordVisualTransformation()
    )
}

[okushnikov]

Please check the following ticket on YouTrack for follow-ups to this issue. GitHub issues will be closed in the coming weeks.