651931 - Master Password Input modal window incorrectly has selectable text instructions (input field can lose focus when activating the window)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: General, defect)

Description

[Barry Marshall]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110421 Firefox/6.0a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110421 Firefox/6.0a1

I can select the "Please enter the master password for the Software Security Device" text in this dialog box.   Non-interactive user elements like this aren't selectable in other modal dialog boxes, like the Tools -> Options text.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Nightly
2.Create a Master Password to store saved passwords.
3.Invoke the Master Password dialog box by going to Tools -> Options -> Security -> Saved Passwords
4.Attempt to select the text in the dialog box with a mouse
Actual Results:  
The text is selectable.

Expected Results:  
The text should not be selectable.

Picture to follow.

Comment 1

[Barry Marshall]

Attachment: Picture of the selectable text

Comment 2

[aravindm]

Confirmed on Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110421 Firefox/6.0a1

Comment 3

[u279076]

Marking as NEW based on comment 2.

Comment 5

[Scott Copus]

This bug still exists in Firefox/30.0 on Windows.

I believe the prompt string "Please enter the master password for the Software Security Device" needs to be changed from a read-only text box GUI element to a "label" GUI element.

Comment 6

[Scott Copus]

This bug still exists in Firefox/35.0.1 on Windows.

Comment 7

[Dana Keeler (she/her) (use needinfo) [:keeler]]

This is an issue with the nsIPromptService.promptPassword implementation.

Comment 8

[Sergey Galich [:serg]]

It's consistent with the web - user is free to select and copy any text on screen.