The GtkEntryBufferClass.deleted_text() behaviour changed between GTK3
and GTK4, which means any subclass of GtkEntryBuffer is now responsible
for emitting the "notify" signal for the "text" and "length" properties.
Without this, the GtkText delegate widget used by GtkPasswordEntry would
not be able to communicate changes in the contents of its buffer.
Fixes: #3484
After commit 7e77afe94c moved the deletion
of text into the signal handler, in order to make undo work, we need to
override the GtkEntryBuffer::deleted-text class closure when subclassing
GtkEntryBuffer, as well as overriding GtkEntryBufferClass.delete_text,
otherwise the default class closure will be invoked, and will try to
delete an empty buffer.
Fixes: #3140
We have a widget for password and passphrase entries, but we have no way
to handle the data securely. This is usually performed by a separate
GtkEntryBuffer—for instance, the one in GCR. While we have API for
setting a new entry buffer on GtkText, we don't have API for
GtkPasswordEntry, though, so the options are:
- expose additional API for GtkPasswordEntry to allow setting a secure
text buffer on the internal GtkText widget
- provide a secure text buffer out of the box
Given that an insecure-by-default GtkPasswordEntry is basically
pointless, might as well have a secure buffer built in.
We don't really need to make the password entry buffer public out of the
box, but we can re-evaluate at a later date.
Fixes: #2403
