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There's a new feature in 2.0.1.7 that allows us to see the content of a password field. If it works correctly, there's a way to toggle the view on the end of the input field: It shows "abc" if the pw is hidden (so you press the letters to reveal it) and three dots if it's revealed and you want it to be hidden again. At least, that's the theory.

In the release notes, this is announced as:

• Allow toggling password text visibility in password fields across the OS

I've noticed two inconsistencies here that probably aren't real bugs (at least not bugs concerning this feature), but just irritating things that mainly affect the "across th OS" part of the above feature description:

1. In the server details of the mail account, the PW remains hidden. No way to unveil it. I suspect this page just doesn't use the component that was updated with 2.0.1, so it's the account UI that's problematic, not the new feature. Still, it should be checked by Jolla.
2. In the server details of the XMPP account, when I unveil an existing password, it always shows the word "default". This is irritating and I don't know what the problem is here. Does Sailfish change the stored password once you enter this configuration page again? (So there is a bug, but not in the password field component.) Or is the stored password intact, but the password field doesn't show it properly but always displays the string "default"? (That would be a bug in the new component?) I don't know.

Have you noticed any other places in the UI where "toggling password text visibility in password fields" doesn't work as expected?

There's a new feature in 2.0.1.7 that allows us to see the content of a password field. If it works correctly, there's a way to toggle the view on the end of the input field: It shows "abc" if the pw is hidden (so you press the letters to reveal it) and three dots if it's revealed and you want it to be hidden again. At least, that's the theory.

In the release notes, this is announced as:

• Allow toggling password text visibility in password fields across the OS

I've noticed two inconsistencies here that probably aren't real bugs (at least not bugs concerning this feature), but just irritating things that mainly affect the "across th OS" part of the above feature description:

1. In the server details of the mail account, the PW remains hidden. No way to unveil it. I suspect this page just doesn't use the component that was updated with 2.0.1, so it's the account UI that's problematic, not the new feature. Still, it should be checked by Jolla.
2. In the server details of the XMPP account, when I unveil an existing password, it always shows the word "default". This is irritating and I don't know what the problem is here. Does Sailfish change the stored password once you enter this configuration page again? (So there is a bug, but not in the password field component.) Or is the stored password intact, but the password field doesn't show it properly but always displays the string "default"? (That would be a bug in the new component?) I don't know.

Have you noticed any other places in the UI where "toggling password text visibility in password fields" doesn't work as expected?

There's a new feature in 2.0.1.7 that allows us to see the content of a password field. If it works correctly, there's a way to toggle the view on the end of the input field: It shows "abc" if the pw is hidden (so you press the letters to reveal it) and three dots if it's revealed and you want it to be hidden again. At least, that's the theory.

In the release notes, this is announced as:

• Allow toggling password text visibility in password fields across the OS

I've noticed two inconsistencies here that probably aren't real bugs (at least not bugs concerning this feature), but just irritating things that mainly affect the "across th OS" part of the above feature description:

1. In the server details of the mail account, the PW remains hidden. No way to unveil it. I suspect this page just doesn't use the component that was updated with 2.0.1, so it's the account UI that's problematic, not the new feature. Still, it should be checked by Jolla.
2. In the server details of the XMPP account, when I unveil an existing password, it always shows the word "default". This is irritating and I don't know what the problem is here. Does Sailfish change the stored password once you enter this configuration page again? (So there is a bug, but not in the password field component.) Or is the stored password intact, but the password field doesn't show it properly but always displays the string "default"? (That would be a bug in the new component?) I don't know.

Have you noticed any other places in the UI where "toggling password text visibility in password fields" doesn't work as expected?