Site Editor: editing a page and setting a password: users can't see the password they are entering

[afercia]

Description

Please see this comment: #52605 (comment)

Not sure showing asterisks while users are entering the password they want to use to protect a page is a good UI / User experience.

Unless I'm missing something, seems to me this should be fixed for WP 6.3 as it's a less than ideal UI to release to the public.

Cc @annezazu @tellthemachines for some kind help with triaging ❤️

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

• Edit a page in the Site editor.
• Try to set a password to protect the page.
• Observe that all you can see while entering your password is a nice series of asterisks.

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

Environment info

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Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

Yes

[tellthemachines]

Thanks @afercia ! Added to the 6.3 board.

[tellthemachines]

I think the problem is we're using an input of type password when we should be using text.

[afercia]

I think the problem is we're using an input of type password when we should be using text.

Yes, that is what I said in the comment linked at the beginning of this issue description:

Please see this comment: #52605 (comment)

Thanks for the quick triaging and fix ❤️

[annezazu]

Thank you for reporting and the quick fix, folks!