[Javascript] How to disable autocomplete

[Peter Brunone]

	Speaking from experience, it's kind of annoying sometimes when you move to
a field and it just pops up a bunch of possible fields (forcing you to
choose one rather than typing something).  This doesn't happen all the time,
and it's probably just due to clicking too fast or accidental
double-clicking, etc. but if I can do it, then the average user can too.

	Also, from a security standpoint, it's probably better to keep usernames
from autocompleting on a public machine...

|-----Original Message-----
|From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
|Behalf Of Ben Curtis
|Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:44 PM
|To: javascript at LaTech.edu
|Subject: Re: [Javascript] How to disable autocomplete
|
|Thanks for sharing, Pete. I didn't know this.
|
|> http://developer.irt.org/script/1492.htm
|...
|> <form>
|> Name <input name="name" autocomplete="off"><br>
|...
|
|
|I can't think of a reason why anyone would want to do this. Perhaps it's
|this flu-fuzz fog my brain is in. Does anyone have experience where
|deactivating autocomplete made things easier for the user?
|
|--
|+Ben Curtis
|...and a cast of thousands.
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