Mapping Login Fields

Mapping login fields is the process of manually connecting fields in your secret to corresponding fields on a web page using drag-and-drop. This allows Web Password Filler to autofill login information on websites that use unconventional labels for username, password, and other login fields.

Only map fields that Web Password Filler cannot identify, or fields for which automatic mapping is not working. Do not map fields that are already autofilling correctly, as this can interfere with the autofill functionality.

Do not manually map a field whose value you cannot see in the Secret. For security reasons, Web Password Filler cannot retrieve hidden field values for autofill because doing so would risk exposing that value to the user.

Mapping Web Page Form Fields to Secret Fields

To map web page form fields when creating a secret:

  1. While creating a new Secret for a website, hover your cursor over the field you want to map in the Secret. The system highlights the field with a gray oval and displays mapping instructions.

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  2. Drag the highlighted field to the corresponding field on the web page form.

Enabling Field Mapping with Metadata

Before end users can map fields, an administrator must configure the WPFHints metadata section. This section defines which template fields users can map and specifies the XPath values for web page form fields.

In the example below, the Metadata tab displays the WPFHints section with mappable template fields (accno, Password, and Username) and their corresponding XPath string values.

To configure the WPFHints section:

  1. Select a secret and click the Metadata tab.

  2. Click the Section name dropdown and select Add new section.

  3. In New section name, enter WPFHints.

  4. Click the Metadata field dropdown and select Add new field.

  5. Enter a Metadata field name, Field type, and Value.

    The initial field values aren't used for field mapping but are required to create the section.

  6. Click Save.

There is no way to delete a metadata section. If you want to disable the ability to add field mappings, you can rename WPFHints to something else. Renaming the section will rename it globally across all secrets. Credential Manager and WPF no longer recognize the section as containing field mappings.

To rename the WPFHints section:

  1. Select a mapped secret and click the Metadata tab.

  2. In the WPFHints section, click Edit.

  3. Rename the section and click Save.