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Username Fields - type-ahead passwords symbol

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There is a behavior change for my android installation.

When presented with a login/password web page, I no longer get type-ahead/autofill select option, instead I now only get a key symbol and passwords string.

When I started typing my username, I use to get a marquee with history of matching strings that I could select from, now its just a password/key button

logins and passwords -> autofill is disabled, save logins is "never save"

autofill is enabled.

I'm not particularly looking to autofill, just get back the type-ahead selections and get rid of the password button that replaced it, so I don't have to type my entire username everytime.

Any suggestions?

There is a behavior change for my android installation. When presented with a login/password web page, I no longer get type-ahead/autofill select option, instead I now only get a key symbol and passwords string. When I started typing my username, I use to get a marquee with history of matching strings that I could select from, now its just a password/key button logins and passwords -> autofill is disabled, save logins is "never save" autofill is enabled. I'm not particularly looking to autofill, just get back the type-ahead selections and get rid of the password button that replaced it, so I don't have to type my entire username everytime. Any suggestions?

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Make sure that autofill is enabled in Menu > Settings > Passwords. This is the feature that provides what you are looking for; username autofill.

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Thanks for the response. I'm not looking to store and recall u/p. What's changed is the string search while typing. It's been replaced by a password button. As i typed it used to recall the best matching "word". It still does this with other inputs/pages, but when it's a login/password page it presents this password button instead.

I don't want to store username/password on my device or in the browser (even if encrypted)

Any additional feedback is appreciated

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This is how the feature works. If you do not want it, you must disable it.

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