Can't paste passwords into mobile or desktop view in Chrome for Android
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Description
Bug report
Steps to reproduce
- Have a password in the Android clipboard
- Go to the form to create a new credential
- Long press on a password field
- Observe that the "paste" button does not appear
Expected behaviour
Paste button should appear and password should be populated in the fields
Actual behaviour
Paste button does not appear and it is impossible to paste a password
Configuration
Operating system: Android 8.1.0 (Pixel)
Browser: Chrome 64.0.3282.137
Extensions that might cause interference: n/a
Passman version: 2.1.4
Operating system: Arch Linux
Web server: Nginx
Database: PostgreSQL
PHP version: 7.2
cloud server: Nextcloud
cloud version: 12.0.5
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on Android Chrome 64 using the listed steps: open the new-credential form and long-press a password field. Trace the password-field handling and verify whether the paste control appears and populates the field; done means passwords can be pasted into the affected fields.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100