• Registered: 2006-06-29
  • Posts: 324

Topic: firefox guru's

this is driving me crazy.

I have stored user/passwords for different sites that I have to log into.  I'm a long time mozilla user, and it used to pop up a dialog that let you choose which account to use (if there was more than one), firefox (at home) allows me to double click the textbox and will produce a list of accounts to use.

at work, it makes me type in the username and only then will fill out the password for me.

I'm using ff2 in both locations and have the same plugins on both, and cant understand why the experience is different.

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: firefox guru's

If you have AutoComplete set to off, it won't save any usernames; so you'll have to type them out.

  • Registered: 2006-06-29
  • Posts: 324

Re: firefox guru's

k, bear w/ me for a minute.

where is that setting?  the options dialog looks like a joke to me, and I cant find anything in the about:config for autocomplete.

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: firefox guru's

OK, I seem to have found it (was alot easier in 1.5).
Go to about:config and search for
pref.privacy.disable_button.clear_formdata
Set it to true by double-clicking it.

Then go to Options > Privacy. Check the box next to the new field "Remember what I enter in forms and search bar".

There you go smile