448253 - form fill data should be editable, or a form manager should be available

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Thomas Oskk]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16

The data filled in forms can only be recalled, and old data cant be deleted or edited. This leads to a large dropdown list which has only limited width, so it's often impossible to see which one is the actual or the interesting one befor the form is filled. Old data input should be deletable so it doesn't appear any more. 
In addition, when catching the wrong data "headline" from the lis, the page has to be reloaded to enter the correct data, instead of just changing the data to fill in by a more sophisticated tool.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enter several slightly different data sets into the same form, one at a time
2. recall page afterwards
3. try to find out which set of data you just need
Actual Results:  
only headline for data set is selectable, the data filled in doesn't appear anywhere.

Expected Results:  
a real management tool for form data should be available to edit, delete or just view the data if desired.

Nowadays there are so many forms to be repeatedly filled with data, e.g. mail accounts or else. The data might slightly change from time to time, but the header will stay the same. This makes it often impossible to select the right set of data.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

You can delete individual entries by highlighting them in the dropdown and pressing "Delete" (Shift+Backspace on Mac).

I don't think we want to be adding a "form manager" to edit the data.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

I'm going to mark this INVALID because the premise ("can't delete form history entries") was flawed. I think "full fledged form data editor" is extension material, so that part is WONTFIX.