599648 - Firefox blocks Typinator, TextExpander, …

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Martin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100925 Firefox/4.0b7pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100925 Firefox/4.0b7pre

'There is a bug in newer versions of Firefox that globally blocks keyboard monitoring when you enter a password in a web page form and confirm the input with the return or enter key. To fix the problem, close the tab that contains the page in which you entered the password. To prevent the problem, confirm password entry with a click (e.g., on a logon button). […]'

Source: http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/faq.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use Typinator, TextExpander or any similar program on the Mac
2. Use Firefox
3. Use Typinator, TextExpander, etc. shortcuts to enter text snippets
Actual Results:  
Sooner or later, Typinator, etc. will no longer work, i.e. the shortcuts get typed as normal text and do not trigger the intended replacement with a text snippet.

Expected Results:  
Typinator, etc. should not be rendered unusable by Firefox, in particular since other Mac browser do not cause this problem.

http://www.highway57.co.uk/fftests/