Bug 166623 - ENHANCEMENT: When Entering A Password to Open An Encrypted Document, Add The Ability to Display The Entered Password
Summary: ENHANCEMENT: When Entering A Password to Open An Encrypted Document, Add The ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 146947
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.2.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsDevEval
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Blocks: Password-Protected
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Reported: 2025-05-18 15:36 UTC by Mark
Modified: 2025-05-21 15:17 UTC (History)
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Description Mark 2025-05-18 15:36:08 UTC
Not just the selected release - 25.2.2.2, but for pretty much every release I have used.

I have many password-protected files.  Writer, Calc, etc

When I am opening one of these files, I often fat-finger a typo, and then have to wait and wait for the file to be decrypted, only to be told that I have entered the wrong password.

A) Why not tell me right from the start that the password is wrong, rather than making me wait and wait?

B) MORE IMPORTANT: Please add some way to view the password I have entered before I click the login button.

Every password manager I have used recently has this.  This is even more sensitive than LibreOffice docs, because it gives access to almost every web site I have logged into in the past 8+ years.  And for many phone apps as well.

Also many web sites also offer this.

Also smart-phone offer this, too..

But not LibreOffice???

This is very much behind the times.
Comment 1 Andrew Kopf 2025-05-19 01:19:18 UTC
Changed importance to Enchancement

I would also be in favor of this change.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2025-05-19 11:42:49 UTC
Sure thing. I suggest a non-sticky button, ie. only while the mouse is pressed it shows the clear text (rather than an on/off toggle).

The other issue needs dev review.
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2025-05-19 15:11:03 UTC
+1, and do we have appropriate icon to use--typically an "open eye" motif, or alternatively a "pad lock" motif to use as a toggle/exposure button.

There is the lowres hidepass.png for the eye motif in Colibre. Or maybe better one of the locked/unlocked sets [1]?

=-ref-=

[1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/160460
Comment 4 Mark 2025-05-20 16:28:40 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Sure thing. I suggest a non-sticky button, ie. only while the mouse is
> pressed it shows the clear text (rather than an on/off toggle).
> 
> The other issue needs dev review

This non-sticky idea might make it difficult to make a minor correction.  Consider you need to arrow over to just one character/symbol to insert or replace.  Hard to do if you cannot see.  Perhaps a time-out after a certain amount of inactivity instead?
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2025-05-21 06:34:29 UTC
Already done in bug 146947 for 25.8

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 146947 ***
Comment 6 V Stuart Foote 2025-05-21 15:17:43 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> Already done in bug 146947 for 25.8
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 146947 ***

Yep sure is, and verified it functions as requested on a nightly against 25.8.0. Using an "open eye" motif with the lowres showpass.png/hidepass.png