217729 - copying from password input copies asterisks

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[John DeFilippo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

When copying out of an <input type="password"> field, Mozilla copies the
asterisks to the clipboard.  this is especially confusing on new password and
confirm new password fields where attempts are often made to copy and paste into
the confirm field (which appears to work).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy from any <input type="password"> field where asterisks are displayed
2. Paste anywhere.
3. Rinse and Repeat

Actual Results:  
Asterisks are pasted

Expected Results:  
Not allow copying from password fields

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Nothing to do with the string library....

Comment 2

[Bernard Alleysson]

confirming windows server 2003 mozilla 1.5beta
this is not a problem with browser selection but a problem with XP widget
input field 
this bug can also be repoduced with the "prompt for master password" dialog for
instance
Windows doesn't allow copy text of an password input text field (copy does nothing)

Comment 3

[Bogdan Stroe]

*** Bug 234517 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Nick McClellan]

I would hope this is by design. This way, if someone else uses your computer
(you left it logged in, etc), they may still be able to use sites you have
passwords saved for but your password would not be compromised.

Comment 6

[Jefferson]

In Firefox 41.0.1 on Windows 7, nothing is written to the clipboard when selecting and copying the contents of an input of type="password" so I think this bug can be closed.