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Adds windows.Options.DisableGeneralAutofill to v2. When it's true, Wails calls PutIsGeneralAutofillEnabled(false) on WebView2, so the webview stops saving what users type into forms and stops suggesting it. The call is guarded by the GeneralAutofillEnabled capability, the same way EnableSwipeGestures is; on an older runtime a warning is logged. The default is unchanged: autofill stays on.
Why: an app whose forms hold personal data has no way in v2 to keep that data out of the WebView2 profile. autocomplete="off" keeps fields out of Chromium's form history, but not out of Edge's own autofill_edge_field_values table in Web Data, and v2 doesn't expose ICoreWebView2Settings4. I hit this in a v2 app that stores a user's profile: after the profile form was saved, the email and phone were in Web Data.
v3 already has this as WindowsWindow.GeneralAutofillEnabled (see #3732); this is the v2 counterpart. v3 applies the field's value as given, so its zero value turns autofill off. Doing the same in v2 would change behaviour for every existing app, so the v2 option is an opt-out, named in the style of DisablePinchZoom. Password autosave is a separate WebView2 setting that's already off by default, so it isn't part of this PR.
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How Has This Been Tested?
A throwaway v2 app, built against this branch with a replace, fills a form with made-up values, submits it and quits. Its WebviewUserDataPath is an empty temporary folder. Afterwards, EBWebView\Default\Web Data is searched for the values:
DisableGeneralAutofill: false (the default): the values are in the autofill and autofill_edge_field_values tables.
DisableGeneralAutofill: true: none of them are anywhere in the file.
Also, with GOOS=windows: go build and go test for ./internal/frontend/desktop/windows/ and ./pkg/options/... pass, and go vet reports nothing in the changed files. (frontend.go's Frontend struct isn't gofmt-aligned on master; I left that alone to keep this PR to one change.)
Windows
macOS
Linux
Test Configuration
Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (10.0.19045), WebView2 Runtime 157.0.4341.42, Go 1.26.10, Wails v2 from this branch.
Checklist:
(v2 only) I have updated website/src/pages/changelog.mdx with details of this PR (v3 changelog entries are added automatically)
(v3 only) My PR title and description explain the user-visible change; I have left generated changelog entries to release automation and have not recreated v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
My code follows the general coding style of this project
I have performed a self-review of my own code
I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
My changes generate no new warnings
I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (the setting only takes effect in a live WebView2, so it was checked with the app described above)
New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
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New Features
Added a Windows option to disable WebView2 form autofill and suggestions. Previously saved entries are not deleted, and password autosave is unaffected. The option requires WebView2 Runtime 100.0.1185.39 or later; on older runtimes, autofill remains enabled and a warning is logged.
Documentation
Updated the Windows options reference with details about the setting and runtime requirements.
When true, the webview stops saving what users type into forms and stops suggesting it: Wails calls PutIsGeneralAutofillEnabled(false) on WebView2, guarded by the GeneralAutofillEnabled capability like EnableSwipeGestures. The default is unchanged.
autocomplete="off" keeps fields out of Chromium's form history but not out of Edge's autofill_edge_field_values store, and v2 offers no way to reach ICoreWebView2Settings4. v3 has this as WindowsWindow.GeneralAutofillEnabled (wailsapp#3732); v3 applies its zero value as off, which in v2 would change existing apps, so v2 gets an opt-out named like DisablePinchZoom.
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Walkthrough
The Windows options add DisableGeneralAutofill. When enabled, the desktop frontend disables WebView2 general autofill if the runtime supports it. The option reference and Unreleased changelog describe the setting.
Changes
Windows General Autofill
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Option and WebView2 behavior v2/pkg/options/windows/windows.go, v2/internal/frontend/desktop/windows/frontend.go, website/docs/reference/options.mdx, website/src/pages/changelog.mdx
The Windows options add DisableGeneralAutofill. When enabled, setupChromium disables general autofill if the runtime supports it, terminates on setting errors, and logs a warning when unsupported. The reference describes the runtime requirement and notes that password autosave is separate. The changelog lists the option.
sequenceDiagram
participant WindowsOptions
participant setupChromium
participant WebView2Runtime
participant Log
setupChromium->>WindowsOptions: Reads DisableGeneralAutofill
setupChromium->>WebView2Runtime: Checks GeneralAutofillEnabled
alt Runtime supports general autofill control
setupChromium->>WebView2Runtime: Disables general autofill
WebView2Runtime-->>setupChromium: Returns setting result
setupChromium->>Log: Calls log.Fatal if setting fails
else Runtime does not support general autofill control
setupChromium->>Log: Logs a warning
end
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This adds an opt-in Windows option to disable WebView2 general autofill, and default behavior is unchanged. The documentation states that previously saved entries are not cleared. No merge-blocking risk is evident.
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The title "feat(v2/windows): add DisableGeneralAutofill option" names the main change: a new v2 Windows option that disables WebView2 general autofill. The changeset adds the option to windows.Options…
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The title "feat(v2/windows): add DisableGeneralAutofill option" names the main change: a new v2 Windows option that disables WebView2 general autofill. The changeset adds the option to windows.Options, applies it in the Windows frontend, and documents it in the options reference and changelog. The title is specific and concise, and it uses a conventional-commit prefix. It omits the opt-out default and the WebView2 context, which is acceptable for a title.
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The description covers the required template sections. It explains the change and motivation, and it cites related issue context (#3732). It marks the type of change, gives testing steps and results on Windows, and includes the test configuration. Most checklist items are completed. It does not fill the "Fixes # (issue)" line, but this is a new feature and the description links the related v3 work. The unchecked items (v3-only checklist, and adding unit tests) are explained in the text or do not apply to this v2 change. Overall the description is mostly complete.
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A rabbit checks the window’s glow And finds a switch for forms below The saved old entries stay in place New hints now follow runtime’s pace The rabbit hops, pleased with the change
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WebView2 keeps text typed into LeGaJ's own forms, such as the profile's email and phone, in its autofill store (Web Data), and Wails v2 gives the app no way to turn that off. The user accepted it: the values stay on their PC, in LeGaJ's own WebView2 folder, and uninstalling with "No" deletes it. PRIVACY.md now says so, the docs test pins the sentence, and scan-sentinels.ps1 looks only for the key in that file, with a test that the key is still reported there. The option to turn it off is proposed upstream as wailsapp/wails#6589.
Refs: R34
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Review comments at @website/docs/reference/options.mdx:
- Line 834: Update the guidance for IsGeneralAutofillEnabled to clarify that
disabling general autofill prevents new entries but does not remove form data
already saved in the WebView2 profile. Explain that existing data must be
cleared separately, using the appropriate WebView2 profile data-clearing
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V2 replaces the Python and Fyne tools with one Wails v2 exe: a Go backend,
a Svelte 5 and TypeScript UI in WebView2, SQLite storage, and the user's own
Gemini key in Windows Credential Manager. There is no server and no telemetry.
- Onboarding: the Gemini key, resume import (PDF or DOCX), a profile review,
and the clipper install.
- Pipeline: stages as a state machine, bulk actions with undo, stats, and
jobs added by pasting or clipping.
- Clipper: a bookmarklet hands the job page to LeGaJ through a loopback
popup; site extractors for LinkedIn, Indeed, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and
Workday; Gemini fills in a missing company or role.
- Cover letters grounded in the job and the profile: review, approval to
versioned PDFs, bulk generation with a review queue.
- Form answers and an answer bank; follow-up templates with compose links;
interview rounds with .ics export and questions to ask.
- Settings, a notify-only update check, a single instance, a per-user
installer that adds WebView2 when it is missing, and a release workflow.
- A release sweep that installs and drives the app on clean Windows runners,
and a privacy notice. WebView2's autofill store may keep the email and
phone typed into the profile form; PRIVACY.md says so, and the option to
turn it off is proposed upstream as wailsapp/wails#6589.
Delivers R1-R43.
The option stops new autofill entries but leaves ones saved on earlier
runs in the WebView2 profile. Say so in the reference, the field comment
and the changelog, and point to the user data folder as the way to clear
them, since v2 doesn't expose WebView2's ClearBrowsingData.
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Description
Adds
windows.Options.DisableGeneralAutofillto v2. When it'strue, Wails callsPutIsGeneralAutofillEnabled(false)on WebView2, so the webview stops saving what users type into forms and stops suggesting it. The call is guarded by theGeneralAutofillEnabledcapability, the same wayEnableSwipeGesturesis; on an older runtime a warning is logged. The default is unchanged: autofill stays on.Why: an app whose forms hold personal data has no way in v2 to keep that data out of the WebView2 profile.
autocomplete="off"keeps fields out of Chromium's form history, but not out of Edge's ownautofill_edge_field_valuestable inWeb Data, and v2 doesn't exposeICoreWebView2Settings4. I hit this in a v2 app that stores a user's profile: after the profile form was saved, the email and phone were inWeb Data.v3 already has this as
WindowsWindow.GeneralAutofillEnabled(see #3732); this is the v2 counterpart. v3 applies the field's value as given, so its zero value turns autofill off. Doing the same in v2 would change behaviour for every existing app, so the v2 option is an opt-out, named in the style ofDisablePinchZoom. Password autosave is a separate WebView2 setting that's already off by default, so it isn't part of this PR.Related: #3732
Type of change
How Has This Been Tested?
A throwaway v2 app, built against this branch with a
replace, fills a form with made-up values, submits it and quits. ItsWebviewUserDataPathis an empty temporary folder. Afterwards,EBWebView\Default\Web Datais searched for the values:DisableGeneralAutofill: false(the default): the values are in theautofillandautofill_edge_field_valuestables.DisableGeneralAutofill: true: none of them are anywhere in the file.Also, with
GOOS=windows:go buildandgo testfor./internal/frontend/desktop/windows/and./pkg/options/...pass, andgo vetreports nothing in the changed files. (frontend.go'sFrontendstruct isn't gofmt-aligned onmaster; I left that alone to keep this PR to one change.)Test Configuration
Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (10.0.19045), WebView2 Runtime 157.0.4341.42, Go 1.26.10, Wails v2 from this branch.
Checklist:
website/src/pages/changelog.mdxwith details of this PR (v3 changelog entries are added automatically)v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.mdSummary by CodeRabbit