As a Firefox user, I save my account passwords so when I return to the site I don’t have to retype them. But sometimes I just need to look behind those xxxxxx to get the darn password. I have a toolbar bookmark called “view password” but I can’t remember where I found it. So, here’s another way:
Paste the following javascript code into the address bar and hit enter. A popup will appear (as above) with the password for that login page. It should also work with Internet Explorer and Opera.
javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = “”; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j<F.length; ++j) { f = F[j]; for (i=0; i<f.length; ++i) { if (f[i].type.toLowerCase() == “password”) s += f[i].value + “\n”; } } if (s) alert(”Passwords in forms on this page:\n\n” + s); else alert(”There are no passwords in forms on this page.”);})();
Source: Raymond.cc blog.
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