Closed
Bug 475967
Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
Feature Request: Right-click password dialog to forget saved password.
Categories
(Toolkit :: Password Manager, enhancement)
Toolkit
Password Manager
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: mhoye, Assigned: joybaggins)
Details
(Keywords: student-project)
Attachments
(1 obsolete file)
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 I would like the option to right-click on an already-saved password, and have Firefox present me with the option to forget about that password immediately. This functionality currently exists, but is somewhat hidden four menus deep in the tools -> options -> security -> saved-passwords dialog. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. None (Feature request) 2. 3. Expected Results: Right-clicking the password field should present me with an option to delete a saved password if there's one there. Feature request provided, to be implemented by irc:Hendrik
Comment 1•15 years ago
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mhoye - I trust you know about "shift-delete" providing this functionality in password completion drop downs?
Updated•15 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: x86 → All
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Comment 2•15 years ago
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Having some visible UI to do it as well makes this more discoverable, I think.
"mhoye - I trust you know about "shift-delete" providing this functionality in password completion drop downs?" Johnath: I do not understand your claim. Shift-delete doesn't do anything magic on any webpage I've got a saved password in. It might work in dropdowns, but I can't remember the last time I saw one of those. They represent a small fraction of the password-remembering I use day to day.
Comment 4•15 years ago
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Mike, you get the dropdown when you have more than one username/password for any given site. For me hitting delete (on the username) gets rid of the entry. Once it's prefilled though, you probably have to: 1) Press the down-arrow key (to get the dropdown). 2) highlight the username and press delete.
Comment 5•15 years ago
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This belongs in Password Manager.
Component: Security → Password Manager
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: firefox → password.manager
Comment 6•15 years ago
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Where do you want to be able to right-click in order to remove a saved password? On an <input type="password"> on a web page that Firefox just filled in for you? (I'm confused by "dialog" in this bug's summary.)
To clarify, what I want is: where I see a pre-filled-in password ( <input type="password">, or any other passwordy thing that Firefox touches, like the popup for ftp sites; I don't know if that's the same thing) I would like to right-click on the box that contains the password and tell Firefox "forget this, now."
Comment 8•15 years ago
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This is an assigned student-project from NUS for CS3108 08/09 Semester 2. Hendrik, it'll be cool if you could post some progress (if any) on this bug.
Comment 9•15 years ago
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So... I'm not so sure this is a good idea. Maybe even WONTFIX. If someone's looking for a password management related project, I'd be happy to suggest some other bugs whose acceptance into Firefox would be more straightforward.
Comment 10•15 years ago
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(In reply to comment #9) > So... I'm not so sure this is a good idea. Maybe even WONTFIX. > > If someone's looking for a password management related project, I'd be happy to > suggest some other bugs whose acceptance into Firefox would be more > straightforward. Hendrik's already working on it - he should have some concept code soon - in case it isn't needed on the main trunk (which warrants a WONTFIX), he'll implement it as an extension. We can then WONTFIX it as necessary.
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Comment 11•15 years ago
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An extension created for this request. Please feel free to comment or feedback.. Thank you..
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Comment 12•15 years ago
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It seems that extension cannot be attached here. I wasn't aware of that. Will add it to the addons.mozilla.org. Sorry about that.
Attachment #367764 -
Attachment is obsolete: true
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Comment 13•15 years ago
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Hi, I have added the extension to addons.mozilla.org at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11115. Please feel free to comment and give suggestions. Thank you.
Comment 14•15 years ago
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This just doesn't seem like a good way to improve password management... * It's not all that discoverable. * Removing a specific saved password isn't a common operation, so a context menu isn't a great fit. * It's a bit clumsy to use. You have to visit the page, have the password filled in, and then you can clear it. We've been talking about moving site-specific notifications/actions into the site identity button menu (aka doorhangers), that feels like a better place for this kind of thing.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Comment 15•15 years ago
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Thus, for those who would like this functionality, Hendrik has the extension at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11115 as he mentions in comment #13. Please move any discussion on the extension over to the addons site.
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