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Password Required Pop-up delay

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Is there a way of making the Password Required Pop-Up pop-up sooner? I launch Firefox and start typing in search or address, while I am looking at the keyboard the Password Required pop-up appears on screen silently. I am typing away then find I am typing my search or filling in a form online into the pop-up! The arrival of the pop-up is random time wise, could arrive within seconds or maybe in 30 seconds or maybe longer.If the pop-up HAS to appear it should appear when you launch Firefox. I truly find this very annoying, having to re-type, then entering the password then going back to where I was before the pop-up!

Is there a way of making the Password Required Pop-Up pop-up sooner? I launch Firefox and start typing in search or address, while I am looking at the keyboard the Password Required pop-up appears on screen silently. I am typing away then find I am typing my search or filling in a form online into the pop-up! The arrival of the pop-up is random time wise, could arrive within seconds or maybe in 30 seconds or maybe longer.If the pop-up HAS to appear it should appear when you launch Firefox. I truly find this very annoying, having to re-type, then entering the password then going back to where I was before the pop-up!

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Firefox does require some time to fully launch; and that "time" depends upon 'when' Firefox is launched as far as how long that is. The first launch each day Firefox seeks out a lot more websites than it does later in the day, mostly due to Firefox looking for update availability for Firefox itself and a separate 'look' for updates for Add-ons for Firefox, including Add-ons that come with Firefox.

I avoid trying to make any keyboard entries for at least 60 seconds after launch to avoid an issue like that; and I don't even use the Master Password feature which sounds like your issue.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Firefox does require some time to fully launch; and that "time" depends upon 'when' Firefox is launched as far as how long that is. The first launch each day Firefox seeks out a lot more websites than it does later in the day, mostly due to Firefox looking for update availability for Firefox itself and a separate 'look' for updates for Add-ons for Firefox, including Add-ons that come with Firefox.

I avoid trying to make any keyboard entries for at least 60 seconds after launch to avoid an issue like that; and I don't even use the Master Password feature which sounds like your issue.

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Hi alan_woolidge, glad to see you on Mozilla Support Forum.

Literally i don't have any idea about delayed popup, it could be depend upon your system performance. So if it is annoying you, you can just turn off this option.

  • First click on menu icon.
  • Then, click on options.
  • In left pane, click on Privacy & Security menu.
  • Uncheck use a master password.

If it doesn't solved your problem, then feel free to ask in Reply Section. Thanks for raising your question in Mozilla Support Forum.

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You can consider to open the about:logins page to initialize the Password Manager. You can bookmark this page on the Bookmarks Toolbar for easy access.

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Thanks to all who have replied, I guess I will have a little more patience when starting up FF!