Input type 'password' shows characters while typing

[berndb]

Until the return key is pressed, all password characters are shown as plain text:

password: my-secret-password

After the return key was pressed, the characters are replaced with * symbols:

password: ******************

As a sensitive user, I would like my password to be already hidden while typing. * symbols should be shown from the very beginning.

Is there an option to achieve this?

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Example code:

var vorpal = require('vorpal')();

vorpal
    .command('connect')
    .action(function (params, cb) {
        this.prompt([{
            type: 'password',
            name: 'password',
            message: 'password: '
        }], cb);
    });

vorpal.show();
vorpal.exec('connect');

[dthree]

Vorpal uses Inquirer.js inputs, so this would be a bug with Inquirer.js itself, I believe. Please file it there.

[berndb]

Inquirer does it just fine and shows *s during typing.

From what I can see in the code, you intercept inquirer's key press events and then you output the characters directly to the screen. This is probably why the *s don't show up.

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Example with Inquirer@0.11.0:

var inquirer = require('inquirer');

inquirer.prompt([{
    type: 'password',
    name: 'password',
    message: 'password: '
}], function () {
    console.log(arguments);
});

password: ******************

[dthree]

Oh got it.

[patrickdevivo]

+1 on a fix for this please. Any ideas?

[scotthovestadt]

Fixed. See: https://github.com/dthree/vorpal/pull/85

[dthree]

:+1: