1 of my 3 yahoo email addresses no longer shows up in auto complete to sign on. It was deleted accidentally, how do I get it back?
I actively use 3 yahoo e-mail addresses and regularly switch between them. Recently, on one of my computers 1 of my email addresses accidentally got deleted from the auto complete. I've been through most of the forum answers and tried multiple things to no avail. When I type the missing e-mail address and enter the password I no longer get the "would you like to remember this window" option. I have the "remember me" box checked also.
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hello JasonJacobs, websites can specify if browsers should be able to save username/passwords (through the autocomplete="off" attribute in the login form in the html source code) and some sites choose to do this presumably to increase security (that's also the case on yahoo since rather recently).
you can either install an addon or use a bookmarklet to circumvent this behaviour.
Hello Philipp, If you celebrate, A Merry Christmas to you...
I do not use any bookmarklets or addons currently and have not in the past. I unintentionally told my browser to delete that e-mail address when I was signing on, the other 2 addresses remain as an auto complete selection. I no longer get the option to remember the deleted address and must type it and the password each time I sign on. My other computer is fine and I get to select from 3 addresses when I sign on to Yahoo mail. I would like to do the same on this computer without reloading my firefox browser.
Go to about:config page search for this option "signon.autofillForms" change to true.
Hi JasonJacobs, what philipp is saying is that Yahoo's login form is coded to bypass Firefox's password management feature. To get Firefox to save that third login, you need to hack the form. More specifically, you turn autocomplete from OFF to ON (screen shot attached). While you can do that manually, the bookmarklet is easier and presumably the add-on is easiest.
