Password field - 5 UI

Deprecated

This password field definition has been deprecated since Magnolia 6.0. It is part of the Magnolia 5 UI framework.

For the updated implementation, see Password field for Magnolia 6 UI instead.

PasswordFieldDefinition renders two text boxes for entry and verification of passwords. The input text is masked in the field, but the value is stored as clear text in the JCR.

If you want to store hashed password values, you can:

Use the password field to collect the value of the password entered by the user and delegate the storage of the password and hashing to an underlying user manager. The user manager may be an internal Magnolia user manager or an external user manager. See the Security app for an example of this approach.
Configure BCryptTransformer in the password field by specifying a transformerClass property in the field definition:
```
transformerClass = info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.basic.BCryptTransformer
```

If you store a hashed value, you can no longer decode it to clear text. This is suitable when you want to authenticate against the password and only compare the stored hash against the hash of the password provided when logging in. If you need passwords in plain text so that they can be used to access other systems requiring authentication, we recommend you use the Magnolia Password Manager module.

class: info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.PasswordFieldDefinition

fieldType: password

Password field properties

Simple password field definition:

form:
  tabs:
    - name: tabUser
      label: User
      fields:
        - name: password
          fieldType: password
          label: Password

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Property Description

Property	Description
`<field name>`	required Name of the field.
`encode`	optional, default is `true` Encodes the password and visually masks the characters.
`transformerClass`	optional, default is `info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.basic.BasicTransformer` Property transformer class. Defines how the values are stored in the repository.
`verification`	optional, default is `true` Verifies that the contents of the two boxes match. When set to `false`, the verification (second) box is not rendered.
`verificationMessage`	optional, default is `field.password.verificationMessage` Text displayed above the field. Appears as `Please verify your entry` retrieved from a message bundle.
`verificationErrorMessage`	optional, default is `field.password.verificationErrorMessage` Text displayed when passwords do not match. Appears as ``Passwords do not match'' retrieved from a message bundle.

<field name>

required

Name of the field.

encode

optional, default is true

Encodes the password and visually masks the characters.

transformerClass

optional, default is info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.basic.BasicTransformer

Property transformer class. Defines how the values are stored in the repository.

verification

optional, default is true

Verifies that the contents of the two boxes match. When set to false, the verification (second) box is not rendered.

verificationMessage

optional, default is field.password.verificationMessage

Text displayed above the field. Appears as Please verify your entry retrieved from a message bundle.

verificationErrorMessage

optional, default is field.password.verificationErrorMessage

Text displayed when passwords do not match. Appears as ``Passwords do not match'' retrieved from a message bundle.

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Property Description

fieldType`or `class

required

Defines the field type via either a field alias name or a fully-qualified field definition class name. See Field definition: Field types.

To check the correct form of the name, use the Definitions app.

defaultValue

optional

Pre-filled default value displayed in the field. The value can be overwritten by the user. Use alphanumeric characters.

Applied only when creating a new item, not for already existing items.

description

optional

Help text displayed when the user clicks the help icon. The value can be literal or retrieved from the message bundle with a key. Use alphanumeric characters in literal values. Not applicable to the static field.

i18n

optional, default is false

Enables i18n authoring support which allows editors to write foreign-language or regionally targeted content. A two-letter language identifier (en, de, fr etc.) is displayed on controls where i18n is set to true.

i18nBasename

optional, default is the message bundle defined in the dialog definition_

Message bundle such as com.example.messages for localized field labels. You can set this property in the parent dialog, form or tab definition. Child fields will inherit the bundle.

label

optional

Field label displayed to editors. The value can be literal such as Product name or retrieved from the message bundle with a key such as products.product.label. Use alphanumeric characters in literal values.

If you do not provide the property, Magnolia will fall back to a generated i18n key and display the key in the UI.

If you do not want a label at all, define the property and set its value to a blank space such as label: " " in YAML.

name

optional, default is the name of the field’s parent node_

Name of the node where the value is saved. The name jcrName is reserved. Use alphanumeric characters.

placeholder

optional

Placeholder text to be displayed when the field is empty. The value is i18n-able.

Applicable to text, link and combobox fields.

readOnly

optional, default is false

Makes the field uneditable. Adding this property has the same effect as creating a static field.

required

optional, default is false

Makes the field required (mandatory). An asterisk is displayed next to the field label. See also Checking for null values.

requiredErrorMessage

optional, default is This field is required

Error message displayed when required is true and the user saves an empty field. The value can be literal or retrieved from the message bundle with a key such as validation.message.required.

styleName

optional

Adds one or more style names to this component. Multiple styles can be specified as a space-separated list of style names such as checkbox disabled. The style name will be rendered as an HTML class name, which can be used in a CSS definition. The class name is added to the field by calling the Vaadin method addStyleName.

transformerClass

optional

Property transformer classes define how field values are stored in the repository. Each field has a default transformer class. You don’t need to define a class unless you want to override the default. The value is a fully-qualified class name.

Complex field definitions may define a different default transformer in their constructor. See Transforming field values for more.

type

optional, most fields set a default value automatically

JCR property type of the stored value such as String, Boolean, Date or any other supported and defined data type.

Add validators to define your own password policy such as minimum length and character types.

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