diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaKeyBindings.java b/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaKeyBindings.java
index bbb804ae3f10429d36641c5f926b1a64bb803688..88db59f0b9fb51e22e0699d89ebb940a0106e1bb 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaKeyBindings.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaKeyBindings.java
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ public class AquaKeyBindings {
         }));
     }
 
+    LateBoundInputMap getPasswordFieldInputMap() {
+        return new LateBoundInputMap(new SimpleBinding(getTextFieldInputMap().getBindings()),
+                // nullify all the bindings that may discover space characters in the text
+                new SimpleBinding(new String[] {
+                        "alt LEFT", null,
+                        "alt KP_LEFT", null,
+                        "alt RIGHT", null,
+                        "alt KP_RIGHT", null,
+                        "shift alt LEFT", null,
+                        "shift alt KP_LEFT", null,
+                        "shift alt RIGHT", null,
+                        "shift alt KP_RIGHT", null,
+                }));
+    }
+
     LateBoundInputMap getMultiLineTextInputMap() {
         return new LateBoundInputMap(new SimpleBinding(commonTextEditorBindings), new SimpleBinding(new String[] {
             "ENTER", DefaultEditorKit.insertBreakAction,
diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaLookAndFeel.java b/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaLookAndFeel.java
index 4f108da2df053aa5d2cce99dd39ef48dba16c2e0..457b82d36a31ef25f43cc38e4946ccc6989487d6 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaLookAndFeel.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/com/apple/laf/AquaLookAndFeel.java
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ public class AquaLookAndFeel extends BasicLookAndFeel {
             "Panel.foreground", black,
             "Panel.opaque", useOpaqueComponents,
 
-            "PasswordField.focusInputMap", aquaKeyBindings.getTextFieldInputMap(),
+            "PasswordField.focusInputMap", aquaKeyBindings.getPasswordFieldInputMap(),
             "PasswordField.font", controlFont,
             "PasswordField.background", textBackground,
             "PasswordField.foreground", textForeground,
diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/LWTextFieldPeer.java b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/LWTextFieldPeer.java
index 7532f6201495a3d72cf5e5cc16dab83c85a724fc..ef2b4d087e2728325d527dd16a9fac4e6796eef7 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/LWTextFieldPeer.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/LWTextFieldPeer.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
 import java.awt.peer.TextFieldPeer;
 
-import javax.swing.JPasswordField;
+import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
 
 final class LWTextFieldPeer
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ final class LWTextFieldPeer
 
     @Override
     protected JPasswordField createDelegate() {
-        return new JTextAreaDelegate();
+        return new JPasswordFieldDelegate();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -69,9 +69,18 @@ final class LWTextFieldPeer
     public void setEchoChar(final char echoChar) {
         synchronized (getDelegateLock()) {
             getDelegate().setEchoChar(echoChar);
-            getDelegate().putClientProperty("JPasswordField.cutCopyAllowed",
-                                            getDelegate().echoCharIsSet()
-                                            ? Boolean.FALSE : Boolean.TRUE);
+            final boolean cutCopyAllowed;
+            final String focusInputMapKey;
+            if (echoChar != 0) {
+                cutCopyAllowed = false;
+                focusInputMapKey = "PasswordField.focusInputMap";
+            } else {
+                cutCopyAllowed = true;
+                focusInputMapKey = "TextField.focusInputMap";
+            }
+            getDelegate().putClientProperty("JPasswordField.cutCopyAllowed", cutCopyAllowed);
+            InputMap inputMap = (InputMap) UIManager.get(focusInputMapKey);
+            SwingUtilities.replaceUIInputMap(getDelegate(), JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED, inputMap);
         }
     }
 
@@ -106,11 +115,11 @@ final class LWTextFieldPeer
         super.handleJavaFocusEvent(e);
     }
 
-    private final class JTextAreaDelegate extends JPasswordField {
+    private final class JPasswordFieldDelegate extends JPasswordField {
 
         // Empty non private constructor was added because access to this
         // class shouldn't be emulated by a synthetic accessor method.
-        JTextAreaDelegate() {
+        JPasswordFieldDelegate() {
             super();
         }