KPasswordDialog Class Reference

from PyKDE4.kdeui import *

Inherits: KDialog → QDialog → QWidget → QObject

Detailed Description

A dialog for requesting a password and optionaly a login from the end user.

Usage Exemple

Requesting a simple password, assynchronous

  KPasswordDialog *dlg = new KPasswordDialog( parent );
  dlg->setPrompt(i18n("Enter a password"));
  connect( dlg, SIGNAL( gotPassword( const QString& , bool ) )  , this, SLOT( setPassword( const QString &) ) );
  connect( dlg, SIGNAL( rejected() )  , this, SLOT( slotCancel() ) );
  dlg->show();

Requesting a login and a password, synchronous

  KPasswordDialog dlg(parent, KPasswordDialog.ShowUsernameLine);
  dlg.setPrompt(i18n("Enter a login and a password"));
  if( !dlg.exec() )
      return; //the user canceled
  use( dlg.username() , dlg.password() );

"KDE Password Dialog"

dialog for requesting login and password from the end user

Enumerations
ErrorType	{ UnknownError, UsernameError, PasswordError, FatalError, DomainError }
KPasswordDialogFlag	{ NoFlags, ShowKeepPassword, ShowUsernameLine, UsernameReadOnly, ShowAnonymousLoginCheckBox, ShowDomainLine, DomainReadOnly }
Signals
	gotPassword (QString password, bool keep)
	gotUsernameAndPassword (QString username, QString password, bool keep)
Methods
	__init__ (self, QWidget parent=0, KPasswordDialog.KPasswordDialogFlags flags=0, KDialog.ButtonCodes otherButtons=0)
	__init__ (self, KPasswordDialog a0)
	accept (self)
	addCommentLine (self, QString label, QString comment)
bool	anonymousMode (self)
bool	checkPassword (self)
QString	domain (self)
bool	keepPassword (self)
QString	password (self)
QPixmap	pixmap (self)
QString	prompt (self)
	setAnonymousMode (self, bool anonymous)
	setDomain (self, QString a0)
	setKeepPassword (self, bool b)
	setKnownLogins (self, {QString:QString} knownLogins)
	setPassword (self, QString password)
	setPixmap (self, QPixmap a0)
	setPrompt (self, QString prompt)
	setUsername (self, QString a0)
	setUsernameReadOnly (self, bool readOnly)
	showErrorMessage (self, QString message, KPasswordDialog.ErrorType type=KPasswordDialog.PasswordError)
QString	username (self)

Signal Documentation

gotPassword	(	QString	password,
		bool	keep
	)

emitted when the dialog has been accepted

Parameters:

	password	the entered password
	keep	true if the "remember password" checkbox was checked, false otherwise. false if ShowKeepPassword was not set in the constructor

Signal syntax:: QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("gotPassword(const QString&, bool)"), target_slot)

gotUsernameAndPassword	(	QString	username,
		QString	password,
		bool	keep
	)

emitted when the dialog has been accepted, and ShowUsernameLine was set on the constructor

Parameters:

	username	the entered username
	password	the entered password
	keep	true if the "remember password" checkbox was checked, false otherwise. false if ShowKeepPassword was not set in the constructor

Signal syntax:: QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("gotUsernameAndPassword(const QString&, const QString&, bool)"), target_slot)

Method Documentation

__init__	(	self,
		QWidget	parent=0,
		KPasswordDialog.KPasswordDialogFlags	flags=0,
		KDialog.ButtonCodes	otherButtons=0
	)

create a password dialog

Parameters:

	parent	the parent widget (default:NULL).
	flags	a set of KPasswordDialogFlag flags
	otherButtons	buttons to show in the dialog besides Ok and Cancel. Useful for adding application-specific buttons like "ignore" or "skip".

__init__	(	self,
		KPasswordDialog	a0
	)

accept ( self )

Internal:

addCommentLine	(	self,
		QString	label,
		QString	comment
	)

Adds a comment line to the dialog.

This function allows you to add one additional comment line to this widget. Calling this function after a comment has already been added will not have any effect.

Parameters:

	label	label for comment (ex:"Command:")
	comment	the actual comment text.

bool anonymousMode ( self )

Returns:: anonymous mode has been selected.

Since:: 4.1

bool checkPassword ( self )

Virtual function that can be overridden to provide password checking in derived classes. It should return true if the password is valid, false otherwise.

QString domain ( self )

Returns the domain entered by the user.

Returns:: the domain name

Since:: 4.1

bool keepPassword ( self )

Determines whether supplied authorization should persist even after the application has been closed.

this is set with the check password checkbox is the ShowKeepCheckBox flag is set in the constructor, if it is not set, this function return false

Returns:: true to keep the password

QString password ( self )

Returns the password entered by the user.

Returns:: the password

QPixmap pixmap ( self )

QString prompt ( self )

Returns the prompt

setAnonymousMode	(	self,
		bool	anonymous
	)

set anonymous mode (all other fields will be grayed out)

Since:: 4.1

setDomain	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

set the default domain.

Since:: 4.1

setKeepPassword	(	self,
		bool	b
	)

Check or uncheck the "keep password" checkbox. This can be used to check it before showing the dialog, to tell the user that the password is stored already (e.g. in the wallet). enableKeep must have been set to true in the constructor.

has only effect if ShowKeepCheckBox is set in the constructor

setKnownLogins	(	self,
		{QString:QString}	knownLogins
	)

Presets a number of login+password pairs that the user can choose from. The passwords can be empty if you simply want to offer usernames to choose from.

This require the flag ShowUnernameLine to be set in the constructoe, and not the flag UsernameReadOnly

Parameters:

knownLogins

map of known logins: the keys are usernames, the values are passwords.

setPassword	(	self,
		QString	password
	)

Presets the password.

Parameters:

password

the password to set

setPixmap	(	self,
		QPixmap	a0
	)

set an image that appears next to the prompt.

setPrompt	(	self,
		QString	prompt
	)

Sets the prompt to show to the user.

Parameters:

prompt

instructional text to be shown.

setUsername	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

set the default username.

setUsernameReadOnly	(	self,
		bool	readOnly
	)

Sets the username field read-only and sets the focus to the password field.

this can also be set by passing UsernameReadOnly as flag in the constructor

Parameters:

readOnly

true to set the user field to read-only

showErrorMessage	(	self,
		QString	message,
		KPasswordDialog.ErrorType	type=KPasswordDialog.PasswordError
	)

Shows an error message in the dialog box. Prevents having to show a dialog-on-a-dialog.

Parameters:

message

the error message to show

QString username ( self )

Returns the username entered by the user.

Returns:: the user name

Enumeration Documentation

ErrorType

Enumerator:

UnknownError = 0
UsernameError
PasswordError
FatalError
DomainError

KPasswordDialogFlag

Enumerator:

NoFlags = 0x00
ShowKeepPassword = 0x01
ShowUsernameLine = 0x02
UsernameReadOnly = 0x04
ShowAnonymousLoginCheckBox = 0x08
ShowDomainLine = 0x10
DomainReadOnly = 0x20

KPasswordDialog Class Reference

Detailed Description

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Methods

Signal Documentation

Method Documentation

Enumeration Documentation

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