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[Jdawiseman <24398@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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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.

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