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hOW DO I FIX THE AUTOFILL FEATURE TO FILL IN FROMS COMPLETELY?

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WHEN I CLICK ON THE PENCIL ICON THERE IS NO TRANSFER OF DATA TO THE FORM I AM TRYING TO COMPLETE. SOMETIMES IT ATTEMPTS TO FILL IN MY TITLE (MR.) OR THE STATE, BUT NOTHING ELSE.

WHEN I CLICK ON THE PENCIL ICON THERE IS NO TRANSFER OF DATA TO THE FORM I AM TRYING TO COMPLETE. SOMETIMES IT ATTEMPTS TO FILL IN MY TITLE (MR.) OR THE STATE, BUT NOTHING ELSE.

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That pencil icon isn't a standard Firefox feature, something you installed added that pencil icon to Firefox.

Help > Troubleshooting Information
hit Copy to Clipboard and then paste that information here

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Are you using an Autofill extension?

Does the regular Firefox form fill work?

Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember search and form history

See also Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms --- Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.

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Update the Java plugin to the latest version.