Closed Bug 743555 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Change basic auth dialog to non-modal and be inside tab as javascript's alert() dialog

Categories

(Firefox :: Untriaged, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Untriaged
Version:
11 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 613785

People

(Reporter: bonbons, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0 Build ID: 20120331155350 Steps to reproduce: Access URL which requires basic authentication. Actual results: Authentication dialog is displayed as a distinct dialog. When starting a new Firefox session and loading a set of tabs, choosing URL + submitting request then ctrl+t for new tab and typing next URL, auth dialog (appearing once server for previous tab responded) takes over focus and captures some of the new URL being entered. Expected results: The authorization dialog should get displayed inside tabs as is now being done for alert() dialogs produced with Javascript. This way dynamic activity on one tab (page reload, redirects, ...) does not disrupt browsing experience on another tab and it's perfectly clear to which tab the dialog belongs. In addition, if the authentication information is visible in one tab (e.g. webmail) it's not accessible to complete the authentication requested as the authentication dialog is modal.
Severity: normal → enhancement
See bug 613785 comment 7 why this would be a really bad idea. Bug 567804 is a better solution.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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