Not sure if we should simply change the input type to password. I guess it common approach to have either on password field in clear text, or two fields (with repeat) to prove user didn't make a mistake when typing the password.

What I see often these days is leaving only one field, by default password protected, but having a checkbox next to it Show password and when clicked, the field becomes visible. this could be a good solution.

refs #6329

Hi @RMastop would you like to implement a new checkbox next to it Show password that would show the password when clicked?

An even better solution may be to add a little Show link in the field such as what Paypal does here:

So, I use this toggle thing quite often and here are my thoughts on this:

The function itself is pretty easy, but it is not as easy to get this into piwik to look good because it is inside an table...

<td>
<input id="useradd_password" placeholder="password" size="10" type="password">
<a href="#" style="position: absolute;margin: 16px 0 0 -30px;" onclick="toggle_pw">show</a>
</td>

function toggle_pw() {
  $(this).html(function(index, text) {
    return text == "show" ? "hide" : "show";
  });
  $(this).prev().attr('type', function(index, attr) {
    return attr == "password" ? "text" : "password";
  });
}

Because you would need to translate the "show" and "hide" it would be better to use a known symbol like these two:

http://fontawesome.io/icon/eye
http://fontawesome.io/icon/eye-slash

The JavaScript code would then look like this:

function toggle_pw() {
  $(this).toggleClass("fa-eye fa-eye-slash");
  $(this).prev().attr('type', function(index, attr) {
    return attr == "password" ? "text" : "password";
  });
}

One last problem in piwik would be, that the input width is pretty small, so if you use a long password, the text would go under the link/symbol.

I hope this helps :)

User management has been refactored meanwhile. The value of the password field when adding users isn't shown anymore, so closing this PR