Video Demo 1
This is the first demo video for Add URL To Window Title Add-On. This steps through a basic example and will help you learn how to configure custom Auto-Type Rules. You can watch the video at YouTube.
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Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:03.51,0:00:07.71,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This is the first introductory demo for the Add URL to Window Title Firefox Add-On
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:07.93,0:00:11.30,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Here we have a demo site with a traditional logon prompt
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:11.70,0:00:14.80,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We'll start by logging in manually to understand the login process flow
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:15.10,0:00:18.30,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Using only the keyboard, first we type in the email address in the "email" input field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:18.50,0:00:21.30,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Then we type the "tab" key to move to the password field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:22.70,0:00:27.70,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Then we type in the password in the "password" field and type the enter key to submit
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:32.13,0:00:38.33,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,In this demo after logging in, we arrive at a simple success page which echoes back the credentials entered on the logon form
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:38.73,0:00:44.23,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now, let's enable the add-on and see how it can help us utilize KeePass to automate this login process.
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:47.43,0:00:49.93,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We are now back at the logon page for our demo site
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:50.13,0:00:54.83,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Look up at the top of the screen and notice that there is now a change in the browser window's title bar
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:55.03,0:01:00.73,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,The URL (address) of the website has now been added to the web site's title information by the add-on
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:02.83,0:01:07.03,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now we will configure KeePass to store the credentials and automate the logon process
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:07.23,0:01:09.93,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,In KeePass we will create a new entry for the demo site
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:12.43,0:01:19.43,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's fill in this entry with the name of the site, the email address (for the username), the password, and the URL
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:31.41,0:01:34.61,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Remember to save your changes in KeePass before continuing.
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:36.11,0:01:38.61,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Back in the browser go into the email input field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:38.81,0:01:41.51,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We can now use the KeePass global auto-type shortcut
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:41.61,0:01:44.11,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,which we have set to Control + Alt + A
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:44.21,0:01:47.11,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This will then automatically type the logon sequence for us
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:47.31,0:01:50.89,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Note that when <PACKET> is shown on screen, it means "@"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:52.43,0:01:54.53,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's switch back to KeePass for a minute
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:54.73,0:01:57.43,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,to see how the global auto-type shortcut is configured
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:58.03,0:02:01.43,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,In KeePass use the "Tools" menu to go to the "Options" screen
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:02.63,0:02:05.63,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Go to the "Integration" tab on the "Options" screen
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:06.21,0:02:08.33,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Here we can see the System-wide hot keys
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:08.53,0:02:11.13,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,The Global auto-type option defines the key sequence used
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:11.23,0:02:16.03,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,to start typing a KeePass entry if it match's the title of the active window (e.g., Browser)
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:18.96,0:02:22.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now let's see what happens if we disable the add-on and try to auto-type
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:24.06,0:02:27.36,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Notice the URL is no longer present in the browser's title bar
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:28.03,0:02:30.23,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We go to the email input field as we did earlier
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:30.43,0:02:33.13,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,And we type the global auto-type key sequence
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:33.23,0:02:35.53,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Nothing happens, it does not auto-type
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:36.33,0:02:38.73,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Notice that the entry in KeePass is called "Demo 1"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:38.93,0:02:40.33,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,this is not part of the title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:40.43,0:02:44.33,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and therefore, there is nothing in the window title for KeePass to match
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:46.80,0:02:49.80,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's re-enable the add-on and continue
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:52.10,0:02:54.10,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,What happens if we accidentally go to the "search" field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:02:54.30,0:02:56.60,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,instead of the "email" field and we try to do an auto-type?
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:01.98,0:03:04.38,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,The auto-type sequence was triggered,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:04.58,0:03:06.28,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,but was it correct?
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:06.48,0:03:09.08,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,As you can see, the password was auto-typed into the "username" field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:09.98,0:03:12.08,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and the password field is blank
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:13.55,0:03:15.35,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's go back and see what happened.
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:16.59,0:03:18.79,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,KeePass has no way to know where it is in the window
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:18.99,0:03:22.09,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,it has no ability to know which field does or does not have focus
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:22.33,0:03:24.89,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,In this case, because the "search" field had focus
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:24.99,0:03:27.79,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,the auto-type started here instead of the "email" field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:27.89,0:03:30.49,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and the credentials were therefore entered into the wrong place
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:30.69,0:03:33.29,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,However, we can use advanced features of the add-on
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:33.49,0:03:35.89,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,to prevent this type of mistake
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:36.09,0:03:38.09,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's go to the add-on's configuration
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:38.29,0:03:41.29,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and enable "Show the field attributes when a text field has focus?"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:43.51,0:03:45.41,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's see what's different now
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:45.96,0:03:47.51,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,When you click on an input field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:47.71,0:03:50.71,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,there is now additional information added to the window's title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:50.91,0:03:54.31,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,The window's title now shows the "name" and "id" attributes for the "search" field"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:54.51,0:03:56.91,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Whenever you are in an input field, it has focus
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:03:57.11,0:04:00.61,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Therefore, the input field's "id" and "name" attributes will be added
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:00.88,0:04:04.68,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,When no field has focus, the title will just show the URL as before
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:13.17,0:04:16.17,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,To get a better understanding of where this information is coming from
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:16.37,0:04:19.17,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we will use the built in browser developer's tools.
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:19.50,0:04:21.47,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's select the "search field"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:21.67,0:04:23.97,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,in the HTML source we can see this is an input field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:24.17,0:04:26.27,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,with the name set to "q" and there is no id attribute
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:26.47,0:04:28.47,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Therefore, when the search field has focus
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:28.67,0:04:31.77,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,this information will be added to the window's title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:38.30,0:04:40.40,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now let's select the "email" field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:42.89,0:04:47.59,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Here we see the input field has a name="loginname" and an id="email-field"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:53.69,0:04:57.49,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now if we actually click inside of the field and give it focus
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:04:57.69,0:05:01.69,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we see that the same "name" and "id" information is added to the window's title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:01.89,0:05:04.49,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,It most cases this information should be sufficient
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:04.69,0:05:07.09,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,to uniquely identify a given input field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:08.08,0:05:11.09,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,You may be asking, so what's the big deal?
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:11.50,0:05:14.20,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We can now use this extra information to help KeePass
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:14.60,0:05:17.20,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,ensure it starts auto-typing in the correct field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:17.40,0:05:19.30,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Notice how the title is updated
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:19.50,0:05:21.10,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,when the email field is selected
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:23.40,0:05:25.80,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's go to KeePass and update our configuration
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:26.00,0:05:29.10,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we will open and modify our existing entry for "Demo 1"
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:32.65,0:05:35.25,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We do not need to make any changes on the main "Entry" tab
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:35.45,0:05:37.65,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Instead, switch to the "Auto-Type" tab
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:37.85,0:05:40.55,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We will make some changes to the default configuration
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:40.95,0:05:44.45,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,We will override the default auto-type sequence
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:44.65,0:05:47.65,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we only want auto-type to be allowed for our custom rule(s)
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:47.85,0:05:51.55,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,I like to put a reminder here, as the override cannot be blank
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:53.55,0:05:56.55,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now we click the "Add" button to enter a custom rule
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:56.75,0:05:58.55,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,In the "Target Window" field,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:05:58.75,0:06:02.25,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,select the entry which matches the browser window's title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:02.45,0:06:06.15,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,You could leave this as is, but its best to make a few small edits
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:06.35,0:06:08.25,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Since we are matching based on the URL
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:08.45,0:06:11.16,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we can replace the title with a wild card symbol (*)
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:11.56,0:06:12.86,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Similarly, at the end
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:13.06,0:06:15.56,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we can replace the browser name with a wild card
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:15.76,0:06:17.36,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This is especially useful
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:17.56,0:06:19.66,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,if you use multiple Firefox derivatives,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:19.86,0:06:21.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,such as Cyberfox or Comodo IceDragon
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:22.06,0:06:24.26,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now matching is dependent
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:24.46,0:06:26.06,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,only on the part of the title
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:26.26,0:06:28.46,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,which is controlled by the add-on
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:29.66,0:06:32.06,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Because we changed the default key-sequence
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:32.26,0:06:34.56,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,we must manually enter it in the custom rule
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:34.76,0:06:36.16,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,which in this case is
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:36.36,0:06:38.06,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,the username, followed by a tab,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:38.26,0:06:41.08,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,then the password and the enter key
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:48.98,0:06:50.58,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Click the "OK" button to continue
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:53.26,0:06:54.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,On the "Edit Entry" screen
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:54.96,0:06:56.86,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,you can now see that we have
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:57.06,0:06:58.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,overridden the default rule
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:06:58.96,0:07:00.06,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and created a custom rule,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:00.16,0:07:01.96,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,which will only match when
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:02.16,0:07:04.06,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,the email field is selected.
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:04.26,0:07:06.26,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Let's save our changes in KeePass
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:06.46,0:07:08.86,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and see how this works on the demo site
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:13.13,0:07:15.86,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Notice that currently the "search" field is selected
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:16.16,0:07:19.26,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,What happens when we type the global auto-type shortcut?
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:19.46,0:07:21.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Auto-Type does not start typing the username
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:21.96,0:07:24.46,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and instead types our reminder message!
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:24.66,0:07:27.56,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This prevents typing our username or password in the wrong field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:27.76,0:07:29.56,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Now, let's select the "email" field
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:29.76,0:07:31.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,and try to auto-type
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:34.46,0:07:36.46,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This time, we get a pop up
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:36.66,0:07:38.56,Top-Center,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,asking us to select an auto-type entry
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:38.76,0:07:41.76,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,This is because there is a default rule and our custom rule
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:41.96,0:07:43.46,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,If we select our custom rule,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:43.66,0:07:47.66,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,then it will auto-type our username and password as expected
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:48.80,0:07:50.10,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,Using a similar strategy
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:50.30,0:07:53.10,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,now you can create auto-type rules for all of your sites
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:53.30,0:07:55.70,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,By configuring custom auto-type rules
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:55.90,0:07:58.90,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,using combinations of URL and input field attributes,
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:07:59.10,0:08:02.80,Default,NTP,0000,0000,0000,!Effect,you can increase your efficiency and security