1623109 - macOS re-authenticate UI isn't associated with the relevant window

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: about:logins, defect, P2)

Description

[[ex-Mozilla] Agi Sferro | :agi]

Attachment: Screenshot 2020-03-17 at 9.18.35 AM.png

When I click on the show password button nothing happens.

See screenshot.

Comment 1

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Which version of Firefox? In Nightly it should trigger your OS authentication (it does for me on macOS, and display the password afterwards).

Comment 2

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Please provide the answers for comment 1 along with your exact OS version. Also, do you have a password set for your OS account?

Comment 3

[[ex-Mozilla] Agi Sferro | :agi]

Yeah sorry, the password prompt was showing on a different screen (and I think it was hidden below an unrelated window?) so I didn't see it. Not sure if we can do anything to make it more visible?

Comment 4

[[ex-Mozilla] Agi Sferro | :agi]

I'm on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6

Comment 5

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

OK, we did a similar fix for bug 1506602 so maybe we can do something similar for macOS.

Comment 6

[Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)]

I have started looking in to this and I don't see a way to associate a parent window with the macOS authentication dialog from evaluatePolicy:localizedReason:reply:. We may have to switch to use the AuthorizationCopyRights API.

Comment 7

[Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)]

After further consultation with spohl, we have determined that the API we're using does not offer a way to make this dialog app-modal. The dialog does appear in the top level of the z-order so I'm doubtful that it went behind another window as comment #3 thinks might have happened.

We are currently using Apple's recommended API for this and I'm hesitant to move away from the recommended API just to make this more modal without knowing what footguns that might introduce.

As such, I'm closing this bug as invalid.