Re: Show/hide toggle to reveal masked password

Much more important (in my opinion): can the password be revealed by accident in a way, that blind people do not realize, so that sighted people in the surrounding can see the password?

There should be always a warning, when showing the password.

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> Am 11.07.2022 um 22:15 schrieb Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>:
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> On 11/07/2022 15:59, Lisa Spirko wrote:
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>> Most password fields use masking characters, and without this toggle, screen readers read the masking characters (“star star star star…”), not the actual characters being typed. This seems to me to be a significant, severe accessibility issue because screen reader users are unable to confirm that the password they’re entering is correct.
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> Noting that the experience is no different for a sighted/non-screen-reader user here too.
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>> Essentially, this issue renders the entire system inaccessible because the screen reader user cannot even access it.
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> And yet, screen reader users have been managing the same way that non-screen reader users have with these. Yes, having a show/hide toggle can be useful for all users, but not having one is not a showstopper for SR or non-SR users either.
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> SC 3.3.7 Accessible Authentication in the upcoming WCAG 2.2 aims to partially address this by, at the very least, making sure that those password fields can be filled/work with password managers, or at least allow pasting. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#accessible-authentication
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