Hi ! I found JMeter very useful and well done, so I want to contribute in my way by pointing those little annoying things which the users have to put up with but are quite simple to fix. As my web application allows more than one user to work on a single document, I have to use variables as user/password pairs in HTTP Authorization Manager to switch dynamically between test accounts. This works well, but I found it rather unpleasant that the HTTP Authorization Manager is unable to display clear passwords when required, which would ease typing the "${my_password}" things. I suppose that a simple checkbox in the panel would suffice and provide all what I am waiting for. Go on with this good application !
See also bug 34321
There are some work-rounds: 1) Edit the text in another field (e.g comment), and copy/paste into the password field. 2) Check in the JMX file. I don't think its worth fixing. Maybe later.
Maybe I don't really understand the problem. So, let me show you how I feel it, then please explain where I misunderstood it. Why does JMeter supports variables in password fields if they are not fully supported ? It is a pain to have to copy-paste or manually edit the file when a simple check box would have made it easier. Why do we need to hide the password on screen while it is not encrypted in the file ? If this is for security reasons, then it is only to protect against people passing by users' desks. In that case, the check box would solve the matter by completing this "hide my password" feature. Although, if it is not interesting anymore, a replacement of the password fields by text fields would help also, simply. What's wrong with this ? By the way, what does really mean "later" according to this project's release cycle ? Regards, Michel Nolard
(In reply to comment #3) > Why does JMeter supports variables in password fields if they are not fully > supported ? It is a pain to have to copy-paste or manually edit the file when a > simple check box would have made it easier. Variables are supported. You can type directly into the field if you want. > Why do we need to hide the password on screen while it is not encrypted in the > file ? There is an outstanding enhancement request to fix this. > By the way, what does really mean "later" according to this project's release > cycle ? Not for a while. Maybe never. But if you can provide a patch it may happen quicker. The patch would need to provide code and updated documentation and screnshots.
Created attachment 29071 [details] Changed the password cell to not to use PasswordCellRenderer as Editor, hence when in edit mode the cell shows readable text, and in normal render it hides the pass by using PasswordCellRenderer This fixes the issue by allowing Editing in nomral readble text form.
Date: Tue Jul 17 21:53:44 2012 New Revision: 1362678 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1362678&view=rev Log: Bug 42245 - Show clear passwords in HTTP Authorization Manager Bugzilla Id: 42245 Modified: jmeter/trunk/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/gui/AuthPanel.java jmeter/trunk/xdocs/changes.xml
Thanks, applied. By the way next time try to create a patch instead of attaching all file. Regards Philippe
This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/1927