Bug 146947

Summary: Ability to show/reveal characters being typed into password prompt to decrypt a document
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Jeff Fortin Tam <nekohayo>
Component: UIAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: stephane.guillou
Priority: medium Keywords: accessibility
Version: Inherited From OOo   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132007
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Description Jeff Fortin Tam 2022-01-23 21:44:20 UTC 
Description:
When opening an encrypted document, such as a spreadsheet, LibreOffice prompts for the password/passphrase to decrypt it.

This is nice, but I have some documents where the passphrase is really long and I tend to misstype quite often. I would like to have a togglebutton (or checkbox, or GtkSwitch) in that password prompt that I can click to let the characters be plainly visible, when I know that I'm in a safe environment (i.e.: nobody looking over the shoulder, no screencasting/recording going on, not giving a presentation in a conference, etc.).

I'd be OK (and would recommend, in fact) with that toggle's state being off by default, so I would have to turn it on each time.

Steps to Reproduce:
Try to open an encrypted document.

Actual Results:
Characters are obscured by dots

Expected Results:
Being able to see the plain characters, if desired.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
A button to allow seeing the characters as I type them.
Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-05-30 23:52:14 UTC 
Agree that this would be a welcome enhancement, and could possibly be an accessibility issue for users requiring more visual feedback.

Some useful information for best implementation: https://incl.ca/show-hide-password-accessibility-and-password-hints-tutorial/