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by TonyTrapp 17 days ago
> It seems this should just be a single input field styled appropriately

Anecdotally, this seems to be the case on the majority of websites where I have to use such 2FA codes.

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Santander's banking website uses both in some places, e.g. confirming a new payment. "Enter your 5-digit PIN and the 6-digit 2FA code we've just sent you", with 5 little input fields for the former, and a single standard input field for the latter. Perhaps a deliberate decision to make them look different, but it just looks like they couldn't make up their mind.
Or the input fields are provided by different widgets they downloaded from different places on the Internet.