SUMMARY When entering a password for a VPN connection, cariage return will not be removed so a simple double click - middle button copy-paste will fail. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Connect to a VPN (in my case OpenVPN) 2. copy-paste the password from a text file 3. Connection will fail because of wrong password OBSERVED RESULT Cariage return is pasted and considered a character of the password EXPECTED RESULT Invalid characters should be stripped SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 5.24 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I know passwords should not be saved in text files and so on, but it is like it is. The same password is used to connect to Teams and selecting it double clicking the line and pasting with middle button works as expected.
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796
But what if the password actually contains a newline character? In this supported but admittedly weird case, you'd actually be unable to authenticate. I don't think we can do this.
Well, honestly I don't know if it is possible to use the newline character on the password. If it is, I don't know how :D I was simply comparing Teams and the VPN dialog box and I saw that Teams automatically trimmed the password, so it was very convenient copy pasting from a text file. But, if the newline character may effectively be used inside the password, my argument is bogus.