Form History Control

Manage form history entries (search, edit, cleanup, export/import) and easy text formfiller. Auto-save text entered in any form while typing to allow fast recovery when disaster strikes.

Total ratings

4.32 (Rating count: 103)

Review summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Saves work effectively, preventing loss of data during browser crashes or errors
  • Functional on Android, although the interface is less optimal
  • Can fill forms and retrieve lost text entries, acting as a backup for important information
  • Reliable for saving lengthy texts and preventing re-typing
  • Generally well-appreciated and recommended by users who have benefited from it
Cons
  • Interface is confusing and complicated, making usability difficult even for technical users
  • Issues with saving form data not being clear or working inconsistently with certain input types
  • Inconsistent behavior, with some users reporting it failing to save or retrieve data when needed
  • Animations and UI elements slow down performance for some users
  • Occasional bugs leading to frustration when the add-on does not work as expected
Most mentioned
  • Confusing interface and complicated usability
  • Effectiveness in saving text and preventing data loss
  • Reliability and functionality on mobile, although with limitations
  • Inconsistency in saving and retrieving form data
See reviews for Form History Control on Firefox Browser Add-ons
Upgrade to see all 108 reviews

User reviews

Recent rating average: 4.30
All time rating average: 4.32
Upgrade to see all 108 reviews

Rating filters

5 star
66% (71)4 star
12% (13)3 star
9% (10)2 star
6% (6)1 star
7% (8)
Date Author Rating Comment
2025-03-11 Gordon
2025-02-22 Blargg Working on Android for saving lots of searches I do often. Works well enough though a bit involved to set up. It does allow disabling expiration so I can keep my regular search terms persistent. UI could use some tweaking for the smaller mobile format.
2024-12-20 Airplayn Can't live without this great way to save your work in the worst case when you lose it!
2024-09-02 Mertsch I don't need it often, but when I do it's a life saver
2024-08-23 SSV Works so well! Also works for controlled forms (like the ones in React)
2024-06-20 z242
2024-06-11 Firefox user 14609268 Even though this can work to fill a field (or retrieve all that text you just lost?), the interface is a mess of confusion and complication, even for engineers, and it cannot just simply fill a field as expected by clicking. I originally got this add-on because of losing hours of work, but functionality was so obfuscated this just kept happening to me anyway until I created saved documents for pasting to webpage fields. So if you need to fill multiple fields or forms EASILY, I think learn the Firefox built-in FormFill first. Normally just simply clicking the toolbar button would fill the field or form or at least open dialog to basic functions like setting up your data such as a saved address. But no, that only opens a read-only window (no modify) showing a creepy amount of key-logging the add-on has done (like ALL of your recent texts or bank site entries unless you blacklist those). Then within that window you see the address you want filled (aha-the 2nd click?), but no that only frustratingly winks an icon on and off, or click fast enough and another read-only window displays the same untouchable data again.. So how to ACTUALLY fill in an address? First left-click on the field. Then right-click on the field to get context menu. Then scroll to the bottom to find the sub-menu. Then scroll down AGAIN past something called "herstel tekst veld" to pick one of two identically labelled "Fill Fields" items which should work if you have already typed your address earlier. If you have time to earn a PHD, you could instead flip the manual for this thing and invest in a good flatclicker. You can discover all the scattered, secret, tiny interface elements that change usability depending on whether you left or right click. Like different places to access "Options" or "Preferences" (same thing/different names/different interface). There is a place to fix default key bindings (might type a weird symbol character or may not respond at all) you'll have to scroll the window since it's made too small. If you get access to the main dialog window, and not the small dialog window which is identical looking, (sometimes called "Manage History" sometimes called "Advanced Manage History") then you have a chance to search for what it was you wanted to click-and-fill and then you can right-click (not left-click which opens the grayed out read-only box) to get access to copying that info to the clipboard and then when you scroll to close the window (because the Close button is permanently below the window size) you can then paste that info into your form field. Oh wait, you can't do that because the whole window disappeared with the webpage and all the tabs when you clicked the Close box. Yeah. You made the mistake of having the Options/Preferences open in a tab in the same window as your webpage form. Good thing though, because closing that window revealed that you had 37 "Manage History" windows open behind it that somehow got opened in separate instances without getting closed. Now whether you dare click the Close button in the lower right or the Close button in the upper left for all those windows...you are on your own.
2024-04-28 Willet I am delighted to find this add-on fully functional again. I had become reliant upon it before changes to Firefox software rendered it inoperative.
2023-12-24 Jon F Wonderful extension that has saved my butt many, many times over the years and I'm sure will do so for many more. Very glad for this extension and also glad to have chipped in a few Euros from time to time. Thank you Stephan for the work you have put in for a real life saver, and please know it is appreciated.
2023-12-18 swierczek Unclear when the save triggers for each field (on blur, on input/change?) and only seems to work with text inputs, not type="number" or select fields.
Upgrade to see all 108 reviews