Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 July 4

= July 4 =

Getting Firefox to autofill all form fields, even if the website wants to block it
Is there an about:config setting in Firefox that makes it ignore autocomplete=off? Or an addon that has the same effect? Even better if the addon excludes the credit card 3-digit security code field, but tbh I'd live with absolutely everything being autocompleted. Too many websites mess with this on other form fields. My computer is a desktop in my home, with an encrypted hard drive, and only used by me. 95.250.150.56 (talk) 10:28, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


 * One problem is that the auto-fill uses the names of the field to find matches it has stored, so if they name them something unusual, the add-on won't know which field is which. So, you would end up with it trying to put your phone number in the credit card field, etc. StuRat (talk) 15:40, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Some search lead me to . If you skim to comment 100, you see a mention of signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff, which should be turned on by default. However, if I understand correctly, it only works on password fields remembered by FF's password manager, and it was more or less decided in that thread to honor autocomplete=off in other fields. So, depending on the visited website's config, it may not be enough.
 * I could not find any addon, but it seems technically simple enough (scrap the autocomplete attribute from HTML content) that there should be an addon to that effect.
 * Also, not your question, but the fact that your computer is physically secure is probably a minor consideration for password confidentiality. The threat model the bugzilla thread posters' use is online (forged website/SSL certificates, XSS etc.) rather than physical (burglars inspecting the contents of Firefox's memorized passwords to break into bank accounts). Tigraan Click here to contact me 16:53, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Maybe use Greasemonkey and http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/images/AllowPasswordRemembering.user.js 77.161.58.217 (talk) 14:59, 8 July 2017 (UTC)