264186 - cannot delete mispelled usernames/passwords

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 242250

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[vittorio balbi]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Build Identifier: 

at login, entering a username string and convenient password, the system asks 
for remebering them. (automatic completion). when there is a list of usernames, 
it is not possible to delete a specific item from the automatic popup list.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1.enter a login string, enter a password
2.click yes when the system asks for remembering the pair
3.repeat spets 1. and 2. with similar strings, differing let's say the last 
character.
4.at login enter the first character of the login string, a  list of choiches 
pops up.
5.point the mouse on one item
6. press "Cancel" or rightclick with the mouse: it's not possibel to remove the 
item from the list
Actual Results:  
the login stirngs list remains written on marble.

Expected Results:  
let me delete the string I wanted to erase

the worst piece of news is that Internet Explorer HAS THIS FUNCTION!!!!
argh!!!!!

Comment 1

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 218694 ***

Comment 2

[Steffen Wilberg]

Not a dupe of bug 218694.

Comment 3

[Steffen Wilberg]

It's a dupe of bug 242250.

Get Firefox Preview Release or a build from here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-0.9/

After step 4, use the arrow keys to highlight the wrong entry, and press
Shift+Del to delete it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 242250 ***