The gnome-shell developers say that they don't even have the checkbox option. I realise that I didn't state in the original bug report, but I'm using XFCE via Xubuntu. I have network-manager and network-manager- gnome installed.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2039422 Title: Feature request: allow user to check 'Show password' by default in the WiFi password dialogue Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Whenever I connect to a new WiFi network, the password dialogue pops up. Every time (and I do mean literally every time), I end up clicking on the 'Show password' checkbox to make sure that I got it right. I understand the reasoning behind obscuring password fields, but for the vast majority of users, a WiFi password is not a personal secret. It's known to everyone in the same physical location, and obscuring the password is primarily a protection against shoulder surfing. It's usually also long and not easily memorable. I would like to request a user option to always check the 'Show password' box by default, which would initially be set to off (in other words, keeping the current behaviour by default, but allowing opt-in). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/2039422/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
