Turning Off AutoComplete

[Alex]

Hello,

does anybody know how to turn off the autocomplete feature for a certain
text field?

I am aware of the "autocomple te" attribute, but I have seen other
implementions achieving it without any such attribute and am wondering
whether there is another way to do it .... like via CSS or a naming
convention or .......

Thanks,
Alex

[Barbara de Zoete]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:19:27 GMT, Alex <not@for.spam > wrote:
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> does anybody know how to turn off the autocomplete feature for a certain text
> field?
>
> I am aware of the "autocomple te" attribute, but I have seen other
> implementions achieving it without any such attribute and am wondering whether
> there is another way to do it .... like via CSS or a naming convention or
> .......
>[/color]

Isn't this the same discussion that is running since 24 hours in alt.html?

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Barbara de Zoete wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Isn't this the same discussion that is running since 24 hours in alt.html?
>[/color]

Its the same question I posted 48 hours ago there - with no answer.

[Els]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:
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> Barbara de Zoete wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> Isn't this the same discussion that is running since 24 hours in alt.html?[/color]
>
> Its the same question I posted 48 hours ago there - with no answer.[/color]

You mean "with no answer that I liked".

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Els wrote:[color=blue]
>
> You mean "with no answer that I liked".[/color]

No, I meant with "no answer to my question".

[Els]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:
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> Els wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> You mean "with no answer that I liked".[/color]
>
> No, I meant with "no answer to my question".[/color]

<quote from message id "3aldmcF68ocvhU 1@individual.ne t">
Like others will say, autocomplete is a feature of the user's browser,
not a feature of your site.
</quote>

<quote from message id "A0g1e.451$Dj1. 130@newsfe5-win.ntli.net">
Yes, but as was said, AutoComplete is a function of the user's
browser, not your site.
</quote>

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

These are no answers to my questions.

Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If you
have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise, whats
the purpose?

[Els]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:
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> These are no answers to my questions.
>
> Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If you
> have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise, whats
> the purpose?[/color]

People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
you.

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[Michael Rozdoba]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:[color=blue]
> These are no answers to my questions.
>
> Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If you
> have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise, whats
> the purpose?[/color]

If all you want is an answer to the question, this should suffice:

Yes.

I suspect that isn't the response you want, so to second guess you:

Yes, the browser programmers.

Does having an answer to your question, rather than a discussion, help
you at all? No, I didn't think so.

To be slightly more helpful, you certainly can't do it with html or css.
As to whether some operating system component offers a suitable api, I
have no idea & that wouldn't be a matter for ciwa* in any case.

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Els wrote:[color=blue]
>
> People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
> discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
> message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
> you.[/color]

It should be obvious that I referred to this discussion!

Again, if you arent of any help, whats the purpose of your postings?

[David Dorward]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:
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> These are no answers to my questions.[/color]

Yes there are.
[color=blue]
> Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If you
> have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise, whats
> the purpose?[/color]

"Get real! This is a discussion group not a helpdesk. You post
something[,] we discuss it's implications. If the discussion happens
to answer a question you've asked[,] that's incidental."
nobull, 2000-10-25 in comp.lang.perl. misc

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[Els]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Alex wrote:
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> Els wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
>> discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
>> message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
>> you.[/color]
>
> It should be obvious that I referred to this discussion![/color]

Wasn't obvious to me, but I get your point now.
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> Again, if you arent of any help, whats the purpose of your postings?[/color]

I don't need a purpose to be posting here, but if you need a reason
for my postings: they may have been of help to people who don't read
alt.html and would give you the same answers as you've been given
there already.

If you want to ask the same question in a new group, it's nice to
actually refer to the other thread, so that whoever is interested, can
read up on what solutions have already been given/tried/dismissed.

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Michael Rozdoba wrote:[color=blue]
>
> If all you want is an answer to the question, this should suffice:
>
> Yes.
>
> I suspect that isn't the response you want, so to second guess you:
>
> Yes, the browser programmers.[/color]

Pardon?
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>
> Does having an answer to your question, rather than a discussion, help
> you at all? No, I didn't think so.[/color]

I asked a question and hoped for an answer, which can turn into a
discussion, but I didnt ask for the kind of responses Els came up so far.
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>
> To be slightly more helpful, you certainly can't do it with html or css.[/color]

Well, there are implementions which accomplish it. Whether they do it
via HTML, CSS or HTTP is part of the question and if you do not know it,
then it is fine (I dont know it either, otherwise I wouldnt have asked).
However nitpicking doesnt help an inch.

Alex

[Barbara de Zoete]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:08:54 GMT, Alex <not@for.spam > wrote:
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> Els wrote:[color=green]
>> People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
>> discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
>> message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
>> you.[/color]
>
> It should be obvious that I referred to this discussion!
>
> Again, if you arent of any help, whats the purpose of your postings?[/color]

This is not a helpdesk. Pay me about two thousand euros and I'll help you. I'll
even call you 'Sir' for that money. Laugh behind your back, but call you in your
face what ever you need to be happy and feel all superior and all.

Posting contents, questions and all remotely related, get discussed in here by
who ever feels a need to bud in. If you have a question and it does get answered
somewhere in the dynamics of the ongoing discussions, well, lucky you. But
answering to your specific demands is not why people participate in this
newsgroup.

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[Alex]

Re: Turning Off AutoComplete

Barbara de Zoete wrote:[color=blue]
>
> This is not a helpdesk. Pay me about two thousand euros and I'll help
> you. I'll even call you 'Sir' for that money. Laugh behind your back,
> but call you in your face what ever you need to be happy and feel all
> superior and all.[/color]

A newsgroup is always also a kind of helpdesk. I will pay you exactly
nothing. However I also did not require a reply from you. If you cant be
of any help then this is fine - more or less - , but dont cry at me.