diff --git a/_articles/account/basic-auth-autofill.md b/_articles/account/basic-auth-autofill.md index 116372a7..11ffafa3 100644 --- a/_articles/account/basic-auth-autofill.md +++ b/_articles/account/basic-auth-autofill.md @@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ Auto-filling on basic auth prompts will, by default, use the [Host]({{site.baseu If more than one Login item with a matching URI is found, the Browser Extension will not be able to auto-fill your credentials and you will need to manually copy/paste your username and password to log in. +If a single Login item is present for a matching URI the credentials will be autofilled in the background and no authentication prompt will be shown. + {% image autofill/basic-auth-prompt.png Basic Auth Prompt %} +The below animation shows the authentication flow in Google Chrome for autofilled basic auth credentials. + +{% image autofill/saving-basic-auth.gif Basic Auth Autofill flow %} + {% callout note %} Due to the way basic auth prompts are designed, auto-filling must be non-interactive. This means you cannot auto-fill on a basic auth prompt using the {% icon fa-folder %} **Tab** view, context-menu, or keyboard shortcuts. {% endcallout %} diff --git a/images/autofill/saving-basic-auth.gif b/images/autofill/saving-basic-auth.gif new file mode 100644 index 00000000..27c2cd2c Binary files /dev/null and b/images/autofill/saving-basic-auth.gif differ