Login form JavaScript focus unsets browser saved credentials

[TheDeadMedic]

JavaScript function wp_attempt_focus empties out username form
input, not accounting for users that have used a web browser's 'save user/password' feature.

Affects Firefox 3.6.3 - other browsers not tested.

[wojtek.szkutnik]

Problem confirmed. Patch submitted.

My solution is:
if username memorized by wp -> focus on the password field
if invalid username -> clear the username field, focus on it
else if username autocompleted -> focus on the submit button

I tested it and works well

[hakre]

I like that approach, makes sense to me. Nice fix.

[TheDeadMedic]

Any updates on this? I know it's minor, but it is irritating!

[stevejohnson]

Agreed - this is damn annoying. I administer quite a few different WP sites and my only saving grace is Firefox's saved password feature. The saved password still works - but only if I REMEMBER the username I'm trying to log in as.

And yes, it's too time-consuming to look up usernames for every one of the 100+ installs I take care of.

[hakre]

Yeah this would save those who support other users with their wordpress setups a lot as the login names can now differ and the auto-complete dropdown can grow very large now.

[stevejohnson]

IMHO, a fix for this should go in the next release. Two other tickets that I know of have been submitted on this same problem - #14455 and #14866

[johnpbloch]

I don't think it's such a good solution to change focus to the submit button. Most people will not notice that the focus is on the button. Instead of being annoyed that they have to type their name in again, they will be annoyed that they have to use the mouse to click submit. I see no reason to change focus away from one of the two fields.

[johnpbloch]

Always keep focus on the name

[JohnPBloch]

Fix logic

[nacin]

Latest patch looks good.

[nacin]

I'm also going to add a d.select() here. If you have a username already that's filled in by the browser, putting the cursor at the end is useless. Selecting it allows you to type over both fields and hit login, or just hit enter to log in.

[nacin]

(In [16870]) Don't clear saved username in wp_attempt_focus. props JohnPBloch, wojtek.szkutnik. fixes #14031.