1649580 - "Unsafe connection" warning on input boxes cover text input, can't see typed text

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Security, enhancement)

Description

[Dennis Mayr]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/77.0

Steps to reproduce:

Trying to enter an email address into an input textbox on a website; Firefox shows an "unsafe connection - credentials may be compromised" warning. This is a desirable behavior.

Actual results:

The "unsafe connection - credentials may be compromised" warning covers the whole input textbox area, preventing from reading the entered text. This is an undesirable effect.

Screenshots:
https://imgur.com/93oJLdL.png
https://imgur.com/4dLvO9F.png

Expected results:

The "unsafe connection - credentials may be compromised" warning should appear above or below the input textbox, allowing the entered text to be visible.

Comment 1

[Marcela (Please NI request to Brindusa Tot)]

Thanks for taking the time to add this issue. I'm not sure if Core > Security is the correct component for it.
Security team, if this is not the right component please feel free to route this ticket to the corresponding team, thanks!

Comment 2

[Dennis Mayr]

Security-wise, the message is correct.
The problem is just a UI usability quirk.

Thanks for looking into it! :D

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Changing components: this is front-end display, not the browser engine. (as you note in comment 2)