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password manager autofilling is dependant to full page loading

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minidou
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Hello,

Not really a question, more of a critique about firefox about which i wanted to raise attention to developers but I never filled a bugzilla and expected someone here could help

The feature that automatically fills the login and password blocs on a website (once you have saved login credentials) is synchronous with the page loading This means if any elements isn't loaded, the login bloc won't be filled This is an issue when a small part of the web page takes a while to respond (say, an ad server) I noticed it is very clear on http://wiki.teamliquid.net, and much more if enforcing https connexions

I believe the block filling should be asynchronous to the page loading. Login and password blocks should be filled as soon as they appear.

Hello, Not really a question, more of a critique about firefox about which i wanted to raise attention to developers but I never filled a bugzilla and expected someone here could help The feature that automatically fills the login and password blocs on a website (once you have saved login credentials) is synchronous with the page loading This means if any elements isn't loaded, the login bloc won't be filled This is an issue when a small part of the web page takes a while to respond (say, an ad server) I noticed it is very clear on http://wiki.teamliquid.net, and much more if enforcing https connexions I believe the block filling should be asynchronous to the page loading. Login and password blocks should be filled as soon as they appear.

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hello minidou, we're a volunteer driven forum here, so developers likely won't take notice of your feedback here. the best way to submit such a feature request would indeed be to file a new bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi ;-)

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philipp
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hello minidou, we're a volunteer driven forum here, so developers likely won't take notice of your feedback here. the best way to submit such a feature request would indeed be to file a new bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi ;-)

minidou
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Thank you for this

however, is there a way i could have some help to write this bug report/feature request? I'd like to make it good but there isn't much documentation on how to properly write this kind of bug on bugzilla

philipp
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hey, i'm not terribly good at filing bugs either (most of the time i file it in the wrong category or overlook a duplicate), but don't worry - in my experience the folks at bugzilla are generally very helpful and will move your request the right way. things can only take a little bit of time.

you've already described your problem / feature request quite clearly and comprehensible i think, so you can probably just copy/paste that into a new bug and let matters run their course...

minidou
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I guess I'll just jump in, thanks for everything :)

cor-el
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Note that there may be scripts running on a web page that modify content or otherwise make changes after the load has finished or monitor input fields and those haven't started yet.
Some website overlay the real input field with a second input filed and transfer data to that real input field if you submit the form and there may be other (security) issues involved that require waiting until the page load has finished.
So it is very unlikely that this behavior will get changed because of such security issues.