[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398] Re: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text.
** Changed in: firefox Importance: Wishlist => Unknown ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1472046 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046 Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5. If you have questions, please contact :mdaly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398] Re: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text.
** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398] Re: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text.
** Changed in: firefox Status: Confirmed => Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398]
I agree with Mournir Lamouri that this problem is may be complicated than I first thought when I posted a duplicate bug a few years ago, and welcome his introduction of debate into this discussion I do, however find his suggestion that websites should use autofocus unhelpful. I suspect the majority of web developers are not accessibility gurus who have the time to pay attention to issues like this. I would like to prompt for examples where a broken refocus would cause an issue to the user. I can think of an example where this might break the website, but doesn't affect the user much: auto-advancement to the next field when the character limit is reached in, for example, keys that are broken by spaces for ease of use (can't remember the term for this right now). I feel the next stage of discussion should be about when and where focus can be altered by a webpage or the gui, and if we can isolate these instances if needed One such case is password fields. I believe it is a critical security flaw that a user's password can be revealed to anyone watching the screen, be it in the workplace or over a projector screen. (@Mournir Lamouri I hope you won't suggest "learn touchtyping" :) ) Until further discussion on this issue, I move that refocussing should be disabled for password fields whilst the user is typing. Can we agree on this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398]
It might be that this problem happens at times other than on-load. Hence my suggestion of “never allow a change focus whilst the user is typing”. If I have typed in the last two seconds (configurable?), focus belongs to me not to Firefox and not to the webpage. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398]
Webpages should use autofocus instead of |.focus()|. That would solve this issue. Though, I don't know if we should block |.focus()|, I fear that could break some websites. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 24398]
When loading my webmail page, godaddy has a few large images. Very stupid of godaddy. So the HTML loads, I start tying name and password, and partway through the password the page finishes loading and Firefox moves the focus back to the name field. So some of my password is then typed into the name field. Yikes! Please, never allow a change focus whilst the user is typing. Never, even if the page tries to do this when loading finishes. Or, as the initial poster in this old bug suggests, don’t change focus if the user has done so. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24398 Title: Form field focus should not be set if user has begun entering text. Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After loading a page containing a form, Firefox automatically focuses the first input field in the tab order. It should not do this if the user has already begun entering data into the form. Not only is the current behavior annoying, but it is a potential security issue. I have often typed passwords into plaintext fields because Firefox changed the field focus after a slow page load. If the event handling isn't too messy, it should also not change the input focus if the user is typing something in the address bar or search bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/24398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
