On my Snow Leopard Mac, I can't seem to paste into a password field on login pages to Apple sites, (developer.apple.com for example). I thought is was a browser issue but it's happening with Safari, Chrome and Firefox so it must be the System. I assume this is somebody's idea of a security feature, though I fail to see the logic and it's very annoying.
Any ideas on how to fix, turn off or work-around this?
Use the Web Inspector in WebKit based browsers and remove the onpaste="return false;" attribute and you'll be able to paste your password.
Right-click on the password field and under the menu that appears, select "paste" (it happens to me in Firefox and that is my fix).
This is exactly why I have a keyboard for Safari to disable JavaScript and that feature is one reason why I prefer Safari.
It is also handy on sites which try to block the 'copy' command or otherwise abuse JavaScript.
I can enable/disable JavaScript just by pressing ⌘ + J
If 12 steps seems like a lot of hassle, try these two (Note: Safari must not be running when you make these change)
defaults write com.apple.safari IncludeDevelopMenu 1
(That is the equivalent of the first 4 GUI actions.)
defaults write com.apple.safari NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Disable JavaScript" '@J'
(This is the equivalent of the last 8 GUI actions.)
Note that the '@J' on the command line is equivalent to ⌘ + J. See http://www.mactipper.com/2008/02/add-keyboard-shortcuts-from-command.html for more information on adding keyboard shortcuts via Terminal.app.
Like TJ's answer, there's also an extension for Firefox that lets you toggle javascript on and off to disable paste and copy blocking, among others - YesScript
No advanced configuration, just install it and click the white page icon on your bottom addon bar when you need it (Ctrl + / to toggle the bar)
And a Chrome equivalent: Quick Javascript Switcher
I came to this thread as the result of Expedia blocking password pasting. I eventually determined that disabling JavaScript (JS) allowed me to paste into the password field.
There are now simple apps for your browser that allow you to quickly and easily toggle JS.
I just had this problem with Firefox 33 on Costco's site. I disabled javascript with NoScript and was able to paste (cmd-v) my password and log in. BUT when on the page for a product whose price I wanted to see, it acted like I was not logged in even though I enabled all javascript. When I clicked 'Sign in to Buy Now', it just took me to my account page.
On to Safari 6.2. I was able, no problem, to right-click-->Paste into the password field (cmd-v did not work). This time I could see the price and the tell-tale 'Sign Out', indicating that I was signed in. Simple solution.
