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Control Autofill Addon?

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I'd like to be able to turn Autofill on/off with a Toolbar button - rather than going through several steps via Preferences on the Mac.

Does such an option exist?

I'd like to be able to turn Autofill on/off with a Toolbar button - rather than going through several steps via Preferences on the Mac. Does such an option exist?

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What add-on are you using? Is there some type of information you don't want filled in? Or a website you don't want to autofill?

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It's a general privacy concern. The use case is a situation where I allow a guest to use my desktop browser and I'd like the address bar to not autofill.

I suppose one option could be to create a Guest Profile, but this seems like overkill.

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Create a separate "guest" account in the Operating System is the best approach to maintaining privacy on your own device.

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Agreed. Each account would have its own profile.

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Switching profiles, even at browser level, is too cumbersome for my use case eg where I want to let a guest jump on my desktop browser for a few minutes.

I'm looking at possibility of developing an Addon to accomplish this task - essentially a shortcut of (on Mac) Firefox menu>Preferences>Privacy>Location Bar> uncheck/recheck History radio button

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