Toolkit:Password Manager/Glossary

Fill

Populating login fields with previously saved values.

Autofill

A subset of fill. Filling login information automatically, without user interaction, usually on page load. There is a user-visible preference to enable/disable autofill in `about:preferences`.

Capture

Extraction of login data (e.g. username and password values) from login fields for the purposes of the user saving the data if desired.

Recipe

A site-specific rule used by Firefox to override the default behavior for the applicable sites. The current uses are to override detection of username and/or password fields.

User-visible features

Autocomplete

Popup/dropdown that appears below a form field when it’s focused that allows the user to choose from a list of suggestions.

In the context of the Password Manager, the autocomplete features shows various options that allows the user to:

• Select from a list of saved logins to fill into associated fields
• Use a securely generated password
• View the password management UI (`about:logins`)

Context Menu

A menu that contains different submenu items depending on where it was opened from. Often accessed by right clicking or similar.

In the context of the Password Manager, if the context menu in a page is opened in a text input field that could be a login field, options include:

• Select from a list of saved logins to fill into associated fields
• Use a securely generated password
• View the password management UI (`about:logins`)

Doorhanger

Doorhangers are arrow panels anchored to the browser chrome UI that ask the user to make a decision, e.g. Firefox has updated; would you like to restart?
Often these are implemented using the `PopupNotifications` module.

In the context of the Password Manager, the doorhanger is anchored to a key icon in the URL bar and asks the user if they would like to save or update a login for a particular site.