How can I get Firefox to remember passwords for banking sites?

Question

I wish for Firefox v4 to ask to remember passwords on Windows 7 for many banking sites that somehow cause this feature to be suppressed. Is there a way in Firefox or a plug-in that will allow these passwords to also be remembered?

Answer 1

Go to your Firefox components folder. The default path is

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components

Now open the file nsLoginManager.js with a text viewer (Notepad or Notepad++).

Go to the function at around line 804 (varies with version of Firefox), which is:

/*
 * _isAutoCompleteDisabled
 *
 * Returns true if the page requests autocomplete be disabled for the
 * specified form input.
 */
_isAutocompleteDisabled :  function (element) {
    if (element && element.hasAttribute("autocomplete") &&
        element.getAttribute("autocomplete").toLowerCase() == "off")
        return true;

    return false;
},

Now comment out the first 3 lines, so it becomes:

/*
 * _isAutoCompleteDisabled
 *
 * Returns true if the page requests autocomplete be disabled for the
 * specified form input.
 */
_isAutocompleteDisabled :  function (element) {
    /*if (element && element.hasAttribute("autocomplete") &&
        element.getAttribute("autocomplete").toLowerCase() == "off")
        return true;*/

    return false;
},

Save it, restart Firefox and you're done.

Answer 2

I'd say it would be better to use a password manager plug-in like LastPass or 1Password.