Hebrew Passwords on WinXP

Question

What is the accepted way for entering passwords in Hebrew / Hebrew localised installations? Should the password entry dialog be right aligned with new characters appending on the left? like this:

|----------------------|
|              |*******|
|----------------------|

Or do they generally left align with new characters inserted to the left? like this:

|----------------------|
||*******              |
|----------------------|

Or is it some other layout?

I'm doing some mock-ups of a Hebrew version of the software I'm working on and want to know what the normal way to do this is so the mock-up is correct.

Answer 1

In gnome, the alignment of the password textbox automatically changes when the user switches the keyboard between Hebrew and English modes. This serves as another hint to whether the password being typed is in the right keyboard layout.

Answer 2

Taking a quick look around, it looks like a lot of applications translated to/written for Hebrew are RTL:

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Can you ask whoever tasked you to create these mock-ups what they would prefer? Or make one of each and see which one looks/works better.

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