147382 - password manager overrules input's value attribute

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 112260

(SeaMonkey :: Passwords & Permissions, defect)

Description

[Matthias Redl]

After a successsful registration I link back to the login page passing the
assigned username as get variable. The login page is a php script that sets the
get variable as value attribute for the username input, however it does not show
the value's (attribute) value but insteas it shows a previously user login
inserted by the password manager

step-by-step:
1.) A new member registers
2.) After registration there is a link back to the login page:
<a href="/login.php4?username=somename">
3.) The login page takes the get variable and puts it into the input field as
value attribute
<input type="text" name="username" value="somename">
4.) Mozilla won't show the the value inserted into the username field, but it
show a previously used login inserted by Mozilla's password manager.

I guess that the password manager has the wrong priority, it should only become
active if there's no value attribute.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112260 ***