[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42888: Add a "Show" button next to password fields on mobile

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#42888: Add a "Show" button next to password fields on mobile
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 Reporter:  johnbillion              |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Login and Registration   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  accessibility,
  screenshots has-ux-feedback        |  javascript, administration
  needs-dev-note                     |
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Comment (by Clorith):

 I know we're a bit into beta now, but I hadn't noticed this feature, and
 would like to bring up the Edge browser, which has native support for
 toggling password fields back and forth like this.

 I honestly just thought Chrome had implemented the same behavior when I
 looked at the login page, and thought nothing more of it

 Although the two indicators do not overlap, it feels weird to suddenly
 have two icons which have similar behaviors, and different approaches
 which makes one affect the other, but not the other way around.

 I've included [attachment:"login-edge.PNG"] to show the static view once
 you've started typing, and [attachment:"edge-core-password-toggle.gif"]
 which shows the behavior when clicking the buttons.

 As can be seen, Edge just displays the text without changing the password
 field type, which maintains the core button that can then be clicked while
 already displaying the icon. You also have to remove the entire input
 field's value and start over for the Edge integration to kick in again
 after having toggled the field back and forth with the core
 implementation.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42888#comment:67>
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