@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ class ReadText(Action):

         self.ispassword = ispassword

         self.confirm_pass = confirm_pass;

-        self.init_text()        

+        self.textwin_width = self.textwin.getmaxyx()[1] - 1

+        self.visible_text_width = self.textwin_width - 1

+

+        self.init_text()

+        self.maxlength = 255        

         #initialize the accepted characters

         if self.ispassword:

-            self.maxlength = self.textwin.getmaxyx()[1] - 2

             # Adding all the letters

             self.accepted_chars = range(33, 127)

         else:

-            self.maxlength = 24

             self.alpha_chars = range(65, 91)

             self.alpha_chars.extend(range(97,123))

@@ -49,12 +51,12 @@ class ReadText(Action):

     def init_text(self):

         self.x = 0;

         #initialize the ----

-        dashes = '_' * (self.textwin.getmaxyx()[1] - 1)

+        dashes = '_' * self.textwin_width

         self.textwin.addstr(self.y, 0, dashes)

         self.str = ''

         #remove the error messages

-        spaces = ' ' * (self.textwin.getmaxyx()[1] - 1)

+        spaces = ' ' * self.textwin_width

         self.textwin.addstr(self.y + 2, 0, spaces)

     def do_action(self):

@@ -62,7 +64,11 @@ class ReadText(Action):

         curses.curs_set(1)

         while True:

-            ch = self.textwin.getch(self.y, self.x)

+            if len(self.str) > self.visible_text_width:

+                curs_loc = self.visible_text_width

+            else:

+                curs_loc = len(self.str)

+            ch = self.textwin.getch(self.y, curs_loc)

             if ch in [curses.KEY_ENTER, ord('\n')]:

                 if self.confirm_pass:

@@ -94,18 +100,24 @@ class ReadText(Action):

                 return ActionResult(False, None)

             elif ch == 127:

                 # Handle the backspace case

-                self.x -= 1

-                if self.x < 0:

-                    self.x = 0

-                self.textwin.addch(self.y, self.x, ord('_'))

                 self.str = self.str[:len(self.str) - 1]

-            elif self.x < self.maxlength and ch in self.accepted_chars:

-                if (self.ispassword):

-                    self.textwin.echochar(ord('*'))

-                else:

-                    self.textwin.echochar(ch)

+

+                update_text = True

+

+            elif len(self.str) < self.maxlength and ch in self.accepted_chars:

                 self.str += chr(ch)

-                self.x += 1

+                update_text = True

+

+            if update_text:

+                if len(self.str) > self.visible_text_width:

+                    text = self.str[-self.visible_text_width:]

+                else:

+                    text = self.str

+                if self.ispassword:

+                    text = '*' * len(text)

+                # Add the dashes

+                text = text + '_' * (self.visible_text_width - len(self.str))

+                self.textwin.addstr(self.y, 0, text)

     def validate_hostname(self, hostname):

         if (hostname == None or len(hostname) == 0):