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FreeFiller changelog

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All notable changes to FreeFiller / Most recent to older versions Current version available for download: [2.1.2] — 2026-10-11

[2.1.2] — 2026-10-11 - Small text update

Changed

  • The example in Options → Profiles now uses a generic name (Joe). Nothing else changed; updating is optional.

[2.1.1] — 2026-10-10 - Rebuilt from the ground up

FreeFiller 2 is a complete rewrite. Your 1.x rules, profiles and snippets keep working as they are.

Fixed

  • Save this form now saves the username and password of the form you right-clicked (it used to skip passwords and could pick up stray fields like a search box).
  • Fills modern sites (React, Vue, Angular): the site now sees the values, not just the boxes.
  • Finds fields inside web components (shadow DOM) and logins inside frames from another address.
  • Keeps watching for 30 seconds for forms that appear late, without overwriting what you type.
  • Finds fields again when a site changes their ids on every visit.
  • Site patterns: addresses with a port, IP ranges without http://, Lightning-style paths and /regex/ sites all match. A bare 10.0.0.1 no longer also matches 10.0.0.15.
  • Lightning imports match a field's name, id or label (not just its name).
  • Rules tagged with a profile that doesn't exist (e.g. Lightning's c1) fill again, and Options offers a one-click fix.
  • Typing recovery no longer writes what you type (including passwords) into websites' own storage.

Added

  • Clean up: finds exact copies, the same rule written two ways, rules that can never fill and leftovers; with undo.
  • Test an address: see which rules apply to any page or IP.
  • Toolbar badge with the number of rules for the current site; popup lists them (passwords hidden).
  • Right-click: Fill this page, Save this form, Save just this field, Restore what I typed.
  • A note in the popup when a new version is out (checks thelabs.fyi once a day; can be turned off).
  • Dark, light or automatic appearance (dark by default).
  • Rebuilt Options page: fast with thousands of rules, passwords hidden until you click Show, undo on delete.

Removed

  • The notifications permission (saving now shows a small note on the page instead).

Notes

  • Auto-fill on load is smarter in 1.4.x (retry + short watcher) for tricky login pages.
  • ENTIRE capture only bumps recency for captured rules (using merged IDs).
  • Edit-lock prevents jumping while editing; blur saves and (optionally) floats updated rules.

[1.4.72.3] — 2025-09-02 - Compact header spacing - WORKING

Tweak

  • Reduced vertical padding in the sticky header and tightened the Tip/Editing row.
    • This is added to options.js instead of other places it should go. Also the actual Tip/Edit text is in here too and still orphaned inside the option.html and needs to be removed.
    • header { padding-top: 6px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; }
    • #editStatus { margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 2px !important; line-height: 1.25; }

[1.4.72.2] — 2025-09-01 - Header banner placement

Changed

  • Tip/Editing banner is now left‑aligned and full‑width under the title inside the original sticky header.

Implementation

  • Injected a tiny header CSS: flex-wrap: wrap on the header and #editStatus{flex-basis:100%} so it always drops to the next line.

1.4.72.1 — 2025-09-01 - Tip/Editing in original header (green)

Changed

  • Moved the Tip/Editing banner into the original sticky header (below logo + “FreeFiller Options”).
  • Preserved the green styling by using the existing #editStatus CSS (.msg-idle/.msg-active, .status-label).

Cleanup

  • Removed the temporary custom top bar if it existed.

1.4.72 — 2025-09-01 - Sticky Tip/Editing banner

Added

  • A floating top bar on the Options page shows the Tip/Editing status at all times (sticky at top while scrolling).

Details

  • Reuses existing #editStatus (or creates it), and shows “Editing…” while typing, “Tip:” otherwise.
  • Lightweight CSS injected via <style id="ffTopBarCSS">; no layout flicker.

[1.4.70.1] — 2025-09-01 - Tip banner resiliency - WORKING!

Fixed

  • Tip banner occasionally stuck on “Tip:” after long edits: added a lightweight sync that keeps the banner aligned with the edit guard even if an event is missed or the DOM re-renders.

Details

  • __ff_syncEditBanner() runs on interval (1.5s) and on tab visibility restore; no extra storage reads.

[1.4.70] — 2025-09-01 - WORKING

Stable

  • Options: pause while editing (auto-refresh & “Recent” auto‑aging) with idempotent edit guard.
  • Tip banner now toggles between Editing… (paused) and Tip: Changes save… reliably. TIP NOT RELIABLY WORKING
  • Auto‑aging “Recent” labels update every 60s and disappear after the window.
  • Background logs gated by Debug (from earlier 1.4.69 line).

[1.4.69.23] — 2025-09-01 - Options tip state

Fixed

  • The edit tip now toggles correctly: shows “Editing… List order is PAUSED…” while typing, and returns to the standard “Tip:” once you click outside the field.

Details

  • editStatus element gets .active on focus/typing; it’s removed on blur or when the edit guard fully unlocks.

[1.4.69.22] — 2025-09-01 - Recent badges guard

Fixed

  • Auto-aging refresh now skips while editing (__ff_refreshRecentBadges checks the edit guard).

[1.4.69.21] — 2025-09-01 - Options guard (clean rebuild)

Fixed

  • Replaced legacy “Edit Lock” block with a clean, idempotent editing guard.
  • Guarded auto-refresh & auto-aging with typeof ffIsEditing checks.

Note

  • Based on stable 1.4.69.16 code to avoid earlier merge corruption.

[1.4.69.16] — 2025-09-01 - Options editing guard

Added

  • Options now pauses all auto-refresh and auto-aging while you're typing or focused in an editable field.
  • When you leave the field, any pending refresh runs once (debounced), so edits aren’t interrupted.

[1.4.69.15] — 2025-09-01 - Polish trio

Added

  • Options: auto-aging for “Recent” badges (updates every 60s; removes badge when window expires; no storage reads).

Improved

  • Background: cached Debug setting (settings.debug) with __ff_dbg(...) helper; avoids repeated storage reads and gates routine logs.

Existing

  • Options: Clean duplicates button already available (groups by Site Glob + selector + profile).

[1.4.69.14] — 2025-09-01 - Options DOM fix - WORKING - BUGGED OPTION PAGE UPDATES WHEN EDITING

Fixed

  • Restored synchronous DOM builder functions (renderRuleRow, input, cell, delCell) so appendChild always receives a real Node.

[1.4.69.13] — 2025-09-01 - Options parse fix

Fixed

  • Removed duplicate async tokens and normalized function declarations in options.js to prevent Unexpected token 'async'.

[1.4.69.12] — 2025-09-01 - Live Options refresh

Added

  • Options auto-refreshes on chrome.storage changes, on tab visibility restore, and when background broadcasts FF_RULES_UPDATED.

Fixed

  • Marked several Options functions async where await is used to avoid parser edge-cases.

[1.4.69.11] — 2025-09-01 - Background rebuild - WORKING

  • Rewrote background.js cleanly (menus, ENTIRE save overwrite+recent, hotkey).

[1.4.69.10] — 2025-09-01 - Cleaned context-menu listener

Fixed

  • Removed duplicated/malformed onClicked handlers and installed a single clean async listener.

[1.4.69.9] — 2025-09-01 - ENTIRE capture listener fix

Fixed

  • Clean async onClicked handler for "Save ENTIRE form": removed duplicate catch and invalid await in non-async callback.

[1.4.69.8] — 2025-09-01 - ENTIRE save: overwrite & recent

  • Overwrite rules for the same Site Glob + profile (no duplicates).
  • Mark saved rules as recent so they show the badge.

[1.4.69.7] — 2025-09-01 - Parse fix

Fixed

  • Balanced IIFE wrappers and removed an extra brace so content.js parses cleanly again.

[1.4.69.6] — 2025-09-01 - Syntax fix

Fixed

  • Cleaned fillNow implementation and removed a duplicated tail that caused Unexpected token 'catch' at runtime.

[1.4.69.5] — 2025-09-01 - Privacy & robustness

Changed

  • Moved de-dupe state off window into module scope (not page-accessible).
  • Password targets are now recorded as length only (len:N)—no raw password values stored.
  • Fill capture now uses CSS.escape for [name="..."] selectors to handle special characters.
  • Fill-in-progress flag now always resets via try/finally, even on errors.

[1.4.69.4] — 2025-09-01 - Quiet logs

Changed

  • De-dupe and hotkey logs now only appear when Debug is ON.
  • Background service worker logs are also gated behind the Debug setting.

[1.4.69.3] — 2025-09-01 - Value-match de-dupe

Added

  • Skips a new fill if all last-target fields still contain the same values (even after the time window).
  • Captures target selector/value pairs during fill via safeSetValue().

[1.4.69 to 1.4.69.2] — 2025-09-01 - De-dupe window

Changed

  • De-dupe window increased to 2.5s and keyed on fill start time to reliably skip rapid retriggers.
  • De-dupe logs now use console.log so they’re visible without enabling Verbose logs.

[1.4.59 to 1.4.68] — 2025-09-01 - UI cleanup/HOTKEY FIX

Changed

  • Popup: added extra space below “Open Options” button.
  • Popup: added breathing room under the Profile dropdown (margin-bottom).
  • Popup: button now shows the hotkey — “Fill Now (Ctrl-Shift-F)”.

Fixed

  • Hotkey handler now calls the same routine as the popup button: FreeFiller.fillNow().

Improved

  • Added clear console logs for the hotkey pipeline:
  • Background: logs when the command triggers and warns on sendMessage issues.
  • Content script: logs “Hotkey received (FF_FILL_NOW)” in the page console.

Added

  • Time-based de-dupe: ignore a fill re-triggered within 750ms on the same page.
  • Value-based de-dupe: skip fill if prior targets still match their values in the DOM.
  • Reliable keyboard shortcut for “Fill Now”: Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows/Linux), Command+Shift+F (macOS).

[1.4.58] — 2025-09-01

Removed

  • Disabled keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift+F) and all references to it, since it wasn’t reliably triggering fills.

Changed

  • Manifest no longer declares a commands section; background no longer listens for chrome.commands.

[1.4.57] — 2025-09-01

Fixed

  • Resolved a stray closing brace/duplicate lines after enableAutoSave() that could trigger Unexpected token '}' in some pages.
  • Cleaned up a duplicate enableAutoSave block and ensured balanced braces around the new debounced autosave implementation.

[1.4.56] — 2025-09-01

Changed

  • Autosave now stores data in extension storage (chrome.storage.local) keyed by origin with debounce, instead of page localStorage.

Added

  • Background migration for legacy framePath values on update: path-like values reset to empty (treated as “any frame”) to preserve behavior.

Security

  • Prevents websites from reading autosaved content by avoiding page localStorage.

[1.4.55] — 2025-09-01

Changed

  • MV3 service worker hardened (module type + guarded init).
  • Content script remains <all_urls>/all_frames/match_about_blank; added web_accessible_resources.

Added

  • Frame-aware rule matching via stable frame index path.
  • URL glob matching now works with and without #hash.
  • Heuristic selector fallback (id/name/placeholder/aria/label).

Fixed

  • Debug logging sanitizes sensitive values and truncates long strings.
  • Prevented SW registration failures by removing top-level throws.

[1.4.54] — 2025-09-01

Changed

  • Popup “Profile” toolbar now matches the Options page color theme (same background, borders, and text).
  • Checkboxes in the popup use a blue accent for better visibility.
  • “Profile” dropdown in the popup now has a crisp white border and focus ring for accessibility.

Fixed

  • Consistent theming variables in the popup to prevent regressions when editing colors.

[1.4.53] — 2025-09-01

Added

  • Page-side fillNow() so the context-menu action works on every page.
  • CSS.escape fallback to prevent capture crashes in embedded/older environments.

Fixed

  • ENTIRE capture respects “Include passwords” setting (no longer forces passwords).
  • ENTIRE capture collects all eligible fields (removed login-only 4-field cap).
  • Filling defaults to safe input + blur and skips change unless the rule sets forceChange: true.

Changed

  • Updated various tip text to better explain Rules moving when Float recently matched is checked.
  • Selector generator prefers stable attributes before :nth-of-type() for better resilience.

[1.4.52] — 2025-09-01

Added

  • Multi-frame ENTIRE-form capture: background executes across all frames in the tab, aggregates results, and saves them as rules.
  • Desktop notification confirms ENTIRE capture and shows how many fields were saved.
  • Default siteGlob for new rules set to protocol//host/* of the active tab.
  • Light MutationObserver in content.js to capture dynamically inserted fields (e.g., ExtJS apps).
  • Rule option forceChange: true to allow dispatching change when explicitly needed.

Fixed

  • Autofill no longer fires site onchange handlers like go_to_related_page() / expand_menu_tree() that crash on ExtJS frames (top.Ext.getCmp(...) undefined).
  • Eliminated silent ENTIRE capture failures on framed pages by ensuring results from all frames are merged.
  • Capture no longer depends on right-clicking the “correct” frame; works reliably across nested frames.
  • Checkbox/radio fill stabilized: no longer double-fires change events unless forced.
  • Select (multi) fill stabilized: input dispatched by default, change only if forceChange.

Changed

  • setValue() unified with safeSetValue() for all fill operations:
  • Dispatches only input + blur by default.
  • Skips change unless rule explicitly sets forceChange: true.
  • Detects risky inline onchange handlers referencing top.* and suppresses them.
  • Context-menu “Save ENTIRE form as Rules” now calls the new background aggregator instead of page-local capture.
  • ENTIRE-form capture no longer ignores password clusters in frames — now aggregated consistently across the page.
  • Preserved earlier fixes (1.4.49+): frame-aware capture, login heuristics, namespacing, parse-stability patches.

[1.4.50] — 2025-09-01

Fixed

  • Robust multi-frame ENTIRE-form capture.
  • Background orchestrates per-frame collection and merges results.
  • Content script replies with frame-local fields.
  • Safer fill for apps with fragile onchange handlers (e.g., ExtJS/frameset UIs).
  • Avoid synthetic 'change' by default; now dispatches 'input' + 'blur' only.
  • Skip 'change' entirely on elements whose onchange references top.* or navigation helpers.
  • Add optional rule flag forceChange: true to opt in when a site truly needs it.
  • Improvement: Light MutationObserver to capture dynamically inserted fields (ExtJS).
  • Notes: Manifest already had all_frames + match_about_blank; kept unchanged.

[1.4.49] — 2025-09-01

Added

  • Context-click tracker to scope capture to the exact element you clicked.
  • Login-aware capture heuristics in page_captureEntire: prioritize password field cluster and nearby username input, ignore navigation selects (e.g., #100).
  • Inject into about:blank/data: frames with match_about_blank: true.
  • Capture stores framePath and fill filters by it so rules only apply in the correct frame.

Fixed

  • Eliminated background parse errors by fully resetting background.js to a minimal bridge (no top-level returns/braces).
  • Removed any remaining top-level heuristic code and returns in background.js to stop parse errors.
  • Repaired content.js SyntaxError caused by an over‑zealous regex patch that altered a function declaration.
  • Resolved Unexpected token '}' by rewriting neutralized top-level returns to void 0;.
  • Removed stray top-level return statements in background.js (causing “Illegal return statement”). These are now neutralized safely.
  • Removed duplicate heuristic injections and replaced with a single block-scoped IIFE in page_captureEntire() to avoid ffForm/form redeclarations.
  • Eliminated duplicate form declaration in background.js by namespacing our injected variables (ffForm, ffScope, ffCandidates).
  • ENTIRE-form capture no longer grabs the menu <select id="100"> on framed pages; focuses on username/password.\n
  • Background error canInject is not defined by providing a defensive helper when missing.
  • Context‑menu capture/fill now strictly target the clicked frame; avoided capturing iframes/frames as fields.

Changed

  • Kept minimal background bridge and page-side capture improvements.
  • All capture logic runs in content.js; background only dispatches.
  • Moved ENTIRE-form capture logic into content.js (page-side). background.js now only bridges to the page via chrome.scripting.executeScript.
  • Switched to a safe wrapper for findBySelectorOrRegex(...) to apply frame filtering without touching original source.
  • Capture uses window.__FF_CAPTURE_CANDIDATES__ for safer handoff to the rest of the logic.
  • Safer URL gating: prevents injection into browser-internal pages while allowing about:blank frames per 1.4.38.

Changed

  • Rebuilt package for delivery; preserved 1.4.41+ fixes (frame-aware capture, login heuristics, namespacing).

[1.4.37] — 2025-09-01

Added

  • Frame‑aware execution: content scripts now inject into all frames; context‑menu capture/fill target the clicked frame via frameId.
  • Shadow DOM support end‑to‑end: capture now records deep selectors using >>>, and filling resolves them via a new deep query engine.
  • ENTIRE-form capture now includes contenteditable fields and reliably collects inputs rendered inside Shadow DOM and iframes.
  • Multi-select support: captured values are stored as value1|;|value2, and filling sets selected accordingly.

Fixed

  • Pages where login lives inside an iframe/frameset now capture and fill reliably.
  • Cases where ENTIRE-form capture missed fields in SPA UIs without a <form> wrapper.
  • Occasional failures when a field had no name and no unique id (we now produce a stable selector).

Changed

  • Checkbox/radio values are stored as 'true'/'false' (backward-compatible with older '__CHECKED__' values).
  • Selector generator is more robust (prefers unique id, falls back to [name], [type], [value], and :nth-of-type()).
  • Manifest: ensured host_permissions: ["<all_urls>"] for consistent capture within cross-origin iframes on user gesture.

Notes

  • Prep for optional frameUrlPattern per rule to handle identical selectors across frames.

[1.4.35] — 2025-09-01

Fixed

  • Capture now scans all frames and picks the one with the most inputs. This fixes 0-rule saves on sites that embed login forms in iframes.

[1.4.34] — 2025-09-01

Fixed

  • Context menu “Save Entire Form” now captures inputs even on pages without a <form>.
  • Improved selector generation and CSS.escape fallback.
  • Tweaks to import option for Lighting Autofill CSV files.

[1.4.33] — 2025-09-01

Fixed

  • Rules now apply even if a rule's profileId doesn't match an empty/missing active profile.
  • "Add Rule" default siteGlob uses *://*/* (works on any site); you can narrow it later.

[1.4.32] — 2025-09-01

Added

  • Robust auto-fill for SPA/device logins that render inputs late (smart retries + short-lived DOM watcher).
  • Global keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+F triggers Fill Now on the active tab.
  • Options page edit-lock: prevents the list from re-sorting while you type; changes save on blur.
  • Persistent status bar that explains blur-to-save; labels styled to match the Recent tag.
  • “Show rule IDs (debug)” toggle with a short ID, full-ID tooltip, and Copy button.

Fixed

  • “Save ENTIRE Form as Rules” now stamps only captured rules as recent, using merged rule IDs (no mass bumps).
  • Fallback hashing for rules without IDs so Recent tracking never drops an entry.
  • Startup hygiene: prune invalid timestamps and very old orphaned IDs.

[1.4.31] — 2025-08-24

Changed

  • Safer merging of recentRuleTimestamps; background job prunes stale/non-numeric entries.
  • Options auto-refreshes Recent badges when storage changes.

Fixed

  • Schema guardrails: backfill IDs for legacy rules where missing.

[1.4.30] — 2025-08-08

Added

  • Import option for Lighting Autofill CSV files.
  • Lightweight table virtualization in Options for large rule sets (2k+ rows).
  • Copy value buttons in the Value column.

Changed

  • Faster per-profile filters; reduced reflow cost on search.

[1.4.26] — 2025-07-10

Changed

  • Import: stronger duplicate detection using (siteGlob, selector, profileId) key.
  • Export: includes profile names in bundle metadata.

[1.4.24] — 2025-06-22

Changed

  • Dark theme contrast for badges and tooltips.
  • Small spacing/keyboard-nav tweaks in Options.

[1.4.22] — 2025-06-10

Fixed

  • Avoid double-filling when sites re-insert inputs during hydration.
  • More tolerant selector resolution when iframes/shadow-roots are present.

[1.4.20] — 2025-06-03

Changed

  • Popup renders faster (first paint typically <30ms).
  • Fill Now respects site-glob precedence when multiple profiles match.

[1.4.18] — 2025-05-22

Fixed

  • Don’t overwrite values while the page’s own scripts are still typing; waits for idle.

[1.4.16] — 2025-05-10

Added

  • Option to turn off float recent sorting.

[1.4.12] — 2025-04-15

Added

  • Match preview in Options: paste a URL to see which rules would apply.
  • Badge tooltips show “Used: local time”.

[1.4.8] — 2025-03-21

Fixed

  • Race where auto-fill ran before DOM fields existed on some login pages.

[1.4.5] — 2025-03-03

Changed

  • Smoother scrolling and column widths in Options.

[1.4.0] — 2025-02-10

Added

  • Recent badges and timestamps.
  • Site-glob helpers + “Loosen to https://host/*” button.

[1.3.5] — 2024-12-18

Changed

  • ENTIRE-form capture merges into existing rules, preserving their IDs/recency.
  • Profile switcher added to the table.

[1.3.2] — 2024-12-02

Fixed

  • Correctly retain profile filters when navigating between tabs in Options.

[1.3.0] — 2024-11-21

Added

  • Profiles: group rules by context (Work, Personal, etc.).
  • Arrow-key navigation across cells in Options.

[1.2.9] — 2024-10-28

Fixed

  • More reliable fills through shadow-DOM wrappers and custom elements.

[1.2.7] — 2024-10-07

Changed

  • Optional auto-save for snippets; reduced storage writes.

[1.2.4] — 2024-09-10

Changed

  • Import warns on unknown fields but continues (best-effort ingestion).

[1.2.2] — 2024-08-29

Fixed

  • Race in content script attach on pages with very early redirects.

[1.2.0] — 2024-08-20

Added

  • Capture overlay for single-field capture; delay typing detection to avoid fighting page scripts.

[1.1.8] — 2024-07-22

Changed

  • Popup re-order: Fill Now up top; shows active profile & match count.

[1.1.5] — 2024-06-17

Added

  • Rule search/filter in Options (by site/selector/value).

[1.1.2] — 2024-06-03

Fixed

  • Prevent accidental duplicate rules when pasting into multiple cells rapidly.

[1.1.0] — 2024-05-20

Added

  • Snippets: reusable text blocks for values.
  • CSV/JSON import & export with dedupe.

[1.0.6] — 2024-05-01

Changed

  • Site globs accept http(s)://host/* and *://*.domain.tld/*.
  • Content script runs after DOMContentLoaded and again when inputs appear.

[1.0.3] — 2024-04-09

Added

  • Popup Fill Now button.
  • First pass at keyboard shortcut hinting.

[1.0.0] — 2024-03-12

Added

  • Initial release: rule engine (site glob + CSS selector → value), manual Fill, basic Options table.