[Resolved] Can I stop the password field prefilling on an edit user form?

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[MikeS1622]

Edit user form pre-fills the password field with the exiting password, but obviously in the edit password scenario the existing password isn't relevant and if anything this is just confusing the user. Can I turn that off?

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

In your user form's right settings panel, you'll see a checkbox "Auto-generate Password".
( example screenshot attached )

When checked, the password field won't be included in the form.

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[MikeS1622]

Hi, thanks for your response, but I must not have been clear.

I want the password field to be visible. I don't want it to be prefilled with the current password.

[MikeS1622]

Hi, thanks for the response, but I must not have been clear enough.

I want the password field to be visible, but I don't want it to be prefilled with the current password.

[Waqar]

Thanks for writing back.

I've performed some tests with the password field enabled in the user edit form, in a couple of different browsers and can confirm that the form itself doesn't pre-fill the existing password in the field.

In my Firefox and Safari browsers, I see the blank/empty password fields.
( screenshot from Firefox: hidden link )

However, in Chrome (in which I have saved the password in the browser) the password field is filled with the saved password from the browser and not by the form.
( screenshot from Chrome: hidden link )

You're welcome to test and confirm that it's the browser's auto-fill feature and not the form.

[MikeS1622]

Okay, understood. How can I stop that happening? It doesn't autofill on the edit password sections of other sites (all using chrome), so there must be a way.

[Waqar]

To add a directive for browsers to stop auto-filling any saved passwords, you can include the following script in your form's "JS editor":

jQuery(".cred-user-form input[type=password]").attr("autocomplete", "new-password");

This should work for most modern browsers.
( ref: hidden link )

[MikeS1622]

Perfect, thank you!