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View passwords before entering?

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Is there a way to view the primary password before entering it? If I'm unable to see the password while typing, or after I type it, I'm unable to know if my password is being rejected because I mistyped or I'm trying the wrong password.

Is there a way to view the primary password before entering it? If I'm unable to see the password while typing, or after I type it, I'm unable to know if my password is being rejected because I mistyped or I'm trying the wrong password.

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The dialog to enter the PP doesn't have a reveal button. If you aren't sure then you could type it elsewhere and paste it in the dialog. The Password Manager (about:logins) can show the saved password and allows to copy username and password to the clipboard.

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This extension enables you to see passwords entered on websites (not the primary password). You have to hide a password again before attempting to login.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/showhide-passwords/

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You can modify this pref on the about:config page to make Firefox show the last typed character and set its value to a large value like 10000 milliseconds.

  • about:config => editor.password.mask_delay = 10000

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. On the warning page, you can click "Accept the Risk and Continue" to open about:config.

Type/Paste editor.password.mask_delay in the search bar at the top of the about:config page. Double-click the editor.password.mask_delay line to enter edit mode and change the '-1' default value to '10000'. Press the Enter key or click the OK (✔) button to accept the change.