The login screen has no feature of showing the password while typing.The lock screen has it, not the login one. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.10.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SDDM Breeze theme does not either. KScreenLocker does, so we should reference that implementation and make both consistent with Users KCM where the button also has a ToolTip and highlight.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/merge_requests/71
Git commit 38a69f13dbc14d1055c1b4a4c5bac9b8e3f98147 by Oliver Beard. Committed on 15/01/2026 at 15:41. Pushed by olib into branch 'master'. frontend/greeter: Re-enable reveal password action This was previously disabled as SDDM did not have Breeze icons available. We do not have this limitation. Changes also made to sync showPassword state between greeters. M +2 -0 src/frontend/greeter/qml/GreeterState.qml M +14 -3 src/frontend/greeter/qml/Login.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/38a69f13dbc14d1055c1b4a4c5bac9b8e3f98147
Git commit de600519324bfc9b4698909b8010f1a6a0af1982 by Oliver Beard. Committed on 15/01/2026 at 15:43. Pushed by olib into branch 'Plasma/6.6'. frontend/greeter: Re-enable reveal password action This was previously disabled as SDDM did not have Breeze icons available. We do not have this limitation. Changes also made to sync showPassword state between greeters. (cherry picked from commit 38a69f13dbc14d1055c1b4a4c5bac9b8e3f98147) Co-authored-by: Oliver Beard <olib141@outlook.com> M +2 -0 src/frontend/greeter/qml/GreeterState.qml M +14 -3 src/frontend/greeter/qml/Login.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/de600519324bfc9b4698909b8010f1a6a0af1982