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Auto-fill Logins using Browser Extension

Prerequisite: The Browser Extension needs to be installed before the Auto-fill feature becomes available.

Badge Counter

The Tab Screen of the Browser Extension automatically detects the URI of the currently displayed page.

It finds any Vault Items that have the same URI.

It displays the number of items found for that page on the Badge Counter icon.

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It is turned on by default.

It can be turned off by unchecking the Show Badge Counter checkbox in Settings Options.

Auto-fill Login from Context Menu

Right click on the Login Screen of a website. The Context Menu is displayed.

Choose WALLIX Vault > Auto-fill.

If the Login is stored in the Vault, the there 

Click Auto-fill to retrieve the Login for this website to WALLIX Enterprise Vault.

If you are not signed in to WALLIX Enterprise Vault, you will be prompted to sign in before retrieving the Login.

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The context menu also contains other options for this Login:

  • Copy username: copies the username of the login to the clipboard.
  • Copy password: copies the password of the login to the clipboard.
  • Copy verification code: copies the verification code of the login to the clipboard.
  • Generate password: generates a new more secure password from the copied password.
  • Copy custom field name: copies the name of the custom field of the login.

Auto-fill Login on Page Load

Auto-fill on Page load is a function that proposes to automatically populate Logins, Cards or Identities when you navigate to a page that contains them.

For security reasons, it is automatically disabled and needs to be enabled to work. 

To enable Auto-fill on Page Load, from the Broowser extension, navigate to Settings> Autofill.

The Auto-fill screen opens.

Click the Auto-fill on page load checkbox. This enables the option to auto-fill logins on page load.

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From the Default autofill setting for Login items dropdown, choose the default option:

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This can be overwritten for each item from the Items Screen. This allows specific auto-fill options to be set for specific items.

From the Default URI match detection dropdown, choose how to match the URL of the webpage with the Login already in the Vault.

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Auto-fill Manually

You can manually add a Login that is not already in the Vault.

From the Vault Screen of the Browser Extension, click Add a login.

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The Add Item Screen opens.

The elements that the Browser Extension could recuperate from the browser are prepopulated.

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Enter the remaining fields. Click Save to create Login.

Alternatively, click Cancel to cancel the operation.

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