SUMMARY Some password fields don't have a password toggle, e.g: - Login screen, but for lock screen have - User creation in System Settings (Password and Confirm password doesn't) STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Go back to the login screen or create a new user in System Settings (System Settings > User > Add New User) 2. Input password OBSERVED RESULT Password field doesn't show toggle. EXPECTED RESULT Password field shows a toggle, for fields with password type. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0 Qt Version: 5.15.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
The lack of a "Show Password" button on the lock screen is intentional for a couple of good reasons that there's history behind, but I can't find the links for them right now. Let's use this bug report to fix the issue on the "Create Users" page.
Git commit 12ef579f10a67975f7eb49ad41896eabd887be7e by Nate Graham. Committed on 05/11/2022 at 22:31. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. kcms/users: port New User password fields to Kirigami.PasswordField That library component didn't exist when this UI was created. Now it does, so let's use it. FIXED-IN: 5.27 M +3 -5 kcms/users/package/contents/ui/CreateUser.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/12ef579f10a67975f7eb49ad41896eabd887be7e