HTMLInputElement's 'autofilled' property is cleared when the field
gets focused[1]. This has the visible effect of clearing the pale-
yellow background color to white. Safari only seems to use this
background-color highlighting for autofill of names, emails,
addresses, etc., but Chrome also uses it for autofilled usernames and
passwords in login forms.
In login forms at least, the current UI seems wrong[2]. That's partly
because the form is often filled in automatically when the page is
loaded (so a script that focuses a field on page load can end up
clearing the highlight); and partly because the password is
unreadable, so it's impossible to tell from inspection whether it's
still autofilled or edited by the user.
Are there strong feelings in favor of the current UI, or would it be
OK to change it overall so that the autofilled property is only
cleared when the text is user-modified?
If the current UI needs to stay the same, could we compromise by
changing the behavior of the property in login forms only, since such
a change would have no visible effect in Safari?
—Jens
[1] See HTMLInputElement::handleFocusEvent, currently line 753.
[2] http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=38386
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