Input fields being filled in by plug-in?

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  • martindixon
    New Member
    • Feb 2009
    • 2

    Input fields being filled in by plug-in?

    Spurious vales appear (overwrite!) in form input fields and apply a green background to these.

    I have a working website and there is a user form (in a password protected part of the site). ONE of my users displays this form via MS Internet explorer and values have been overwritten (like an autofill) with a green background.

    e.g. number "350" should be shown but "admin" is instead (this happens on lots, but not all fields).

    Example of HTML:
    Code:
    <input type="hidden" name="name__13" value="Std image width"><input style="color:#0000dd; " type="text" size="50" name="value__13" value="350" >
    Any ideas what could cause this?

    I am gessung a plugin of some sort??

    Thanks!
    Last edited by pbmods; Feb 12 '09, 03:27 AM. Reason: Added CODE tags.
  • improvcornartist
    Recognized Expert Contributor
    • May 2007
    • 303

    #2
    Maybe having Google toolbar installed?

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    • martindixon
      New Member
      • Feb 2009
      • 2

      #3
      I beleive user does have google toolbar - and it seems likely that many people would - it seems very dangerous if fields are being populated with spurious values - isn't this a threat to all websites using "update" forms?

      What does the green background mean?

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      • improvcornartist
        Recognized Expert Contributor
        • May 2007
        • 303

        #4
        I don't actually use Google toolbar, but it would seem like any field it populates would be a recognized field, and it would fill it with previously saved data, so nothing spurious. Maybe the green means, "I think I recognize this field, so I'm filling it in, but I'm turning it green so you notice." I just remember previous coworkers having issues with Google toolbar autofilling fields and changing field background colors.

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        • DonRayner
          Recognized Expert Contributor
          • Sep 2008
          • 489

          #5
          On one site I was on it was suggested to add autocomplete="o ff" to the input statement.

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