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Re-display password in registration form good or bad?

by yangyang
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When a user tries to register and the data he submits are not right such as bad email, or weak password, we would display the registration page again to him with the data he just submitted along with the error messages.

My question is should we display the password he just submitted in HTML as this?

<input type="password" value="s0me7Xpwd">

Or just leave it blank and annoys him to enter another one?

It's definitely better in user experience to insert the password again (especially when the password is all right) but would it be good with regards to security?
#bad #form #good #password #redisplay #registration
  • Profile picture of the author WPThemeGuru
    If you really care about the security of your form then don't show the password to user. If you fill the form of various high profile website on internet, they all do the same.
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  • Profile picture of the author MadHu5tle
    No, do not show the password again. In regards to user experience, validate the fields client side (also validate server side, client side validation is for usability not for security) with javascript, to give the user feedback before they submit the form in the first place.
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  • Profile picture of the author Member8200
    Yep, it really is annoying to enter the password again, specially when password is not the error. But for security reasons, it is not advisable to display the password during a form validation.
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