Chrome Autofill/Autocomplete no value for password

Question

When you have saved username and password for some site Chrome will autofill that username and password, but if you try to get the value for the password input field it is e

Answer 1

Another option as of Dec. 16 / Chrome 54

I can't get the value of the password field, but, after "a short while", I can get the length of the password by selecting it, which is sufficient for me to enable the submit button.

setTimeout(function() {
  // get the password field
  var pwd = document.getElementById('pwd');
  pwd.focus();
  pwd.select();
  var noChars = pwd.selectionEnd;
  // move focus to username field for first-time visitors
  document.getElementById('username').focus()
  if (noChars > 0) {
    document.getElementById('loginBtn').disabled = false;
  }
}, 100);