[choward]

> If an element isn't drawn it shouldn't be autofilled.

So if a form is too long and you need to scroll, all those fields you can't see won't be auto-filled? Sounds pretty terrible IMO.

[chinathrow]

To me (as a non autofill user), the published bug sounds way more harmful than a little inconvenience.

[elsurudo]

It's not just an inconvenience – it's broken and unexpected UI behaviour.

[Jarwain]

Well why not have it autofill on-draw?

[onion2k]

It'd be easy to move the hidden elements on to the screen when the user clicks the submit button, so they'd be filled in and the form would then be submitted, and the information 'phished'.

The solution to this problem is to inform the user which fields will be completed by autofill, with a "not currently shown" highlight on any fields that are currently off the screen so the user understands what's happening.