Introduction

Lightning Autofill is not like the typical autofill feature built into modern browsers that prompt you to fill out your address information. The browser autofill generally works fine, and you should continue using it for such purposes. While the Lightning Autofill extension can be used to autofill addresses, it’s more of an automation tool to reduce your workload and help protect against wrist injuries. Any text input or interaction that you can do using the mouse or keyboard can probably be automated using Lightning Autofill, especially if you are proficient in JavaScript.

The core concept is ❶ you create autofill rules and ❷ the rules are automatically executed when you land on a web page that satisfies one or more rule definitions. Lightning Autofill’s main UI is the infobar, but you also have access to a side panel. Autofill rules are managed from the Options page, which is what the rest of this documentation will cover.

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👇 NOTE

The data saved by Lightning Autofill is not encrypted, so any text you enter here remains in the clear. We do not recommend using this extension to save passwords of sensitive accounts or credit card information.