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Has anyone at firefox used the iOS app? I want you to track what the workflow is to access a password in the app. Tap tap tap left side, right side, can't get out of the settings to check the website while doing so. It's maddening. Besides that... it's lovely.


In iOS you can add Firefox as a password manager auto fill option. Then when you tap in a password field, the relevant passwords should prompt to auto fill.

I haven’t tested this with Firefox’s password manager, but I did test in firefox and Bitwarden is auto filling correctly, and in iOS settings I see Firefox is listed as a password manager.

It’s settings->passwords->password options. I don’t think apps can automatically enable auto fill, you might have to manually enable this.


That's not when this is an issue, it's when Firefox doesn't auto fill because it's confused.


Is it complex in all iOS browsers due to the whole 'you're actually running Safari underneath' thing? Or is it Firefox specific on iOS?


This sounds like a UI issue?


It’s terrible UI


Yeah, it is hidden away on Android too. They tried to mitigate this by adding an awkwardly named "Passwords shortcut" app action (long press the app or add it to your home screen) but this just opens the password settings, still another click to actually get to the passwords list.




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