1637223 - Auto-generated passwords are not shown/hidden by eye icon

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Password Manager: Site Compatibility, defect)

Description

[Valentina Virlics [:vvalentina], VPN QA]

Attachment: pass generated.png

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 78.0a1 Build ID 20200512093421;
• Firefox Beta 77.0b4 Build ID 20200511090718;
• Firefox Release 76.0.1 Build ID 20200507114007;

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10;
• Mac OS 10.14;
• Ubuntu 18.04 x64;

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Load a page that require FxA login;
2. Type a valid e-mail and continue;
3. Select the auto-generated password suggestion;
4. Observe password behavior;

[Expected result]:

• There are no errors or glitches.

[Actual result]:

• The password is shown/hidden based on the “eye” icon click.

[Notes]:

• Eye icon has different and incorrect states.
• Both fields should manifest the same behavior.

Comment 1

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Yes, this is intentional, it's a feature of password generation. Long term I hope to make website password visibility toggles obsolete since browsers are building this in. Our fix is bug 502258.