Seeking to defeat auto-fill

**Jorge** · Nov 4 '08, 07:45 AM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

On Nov 4, 7:15 am, Charles Richmond <friz...@tx.rr. comwrote:

Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will
cause the browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of
the browser settings???

Buid the form dynamically, and use weird field names with a random
part, such as name_675sd4Y. Then strip the random part at the server
side. ISTM this may work.

javascript:aler t("_"+(Math.flo or(1e8*Math.ran dom())).toStrin g(36))

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**dhtml** · Nov 4 '08, 08:05 AM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

Charles Richmond wrote:

Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will
cause the browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of
the browser settings???
>

You can disable autocomplete on a form with:

<form autocomplete='o ff' ...>

or an element:-

<input autocomplete='o ff' >

See

HTML attribute reference - HTML | MDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533486%28VS.85%29.aspx

Elements in HTML have attributes; these are additional values that configure the elements or adjust their behavior in various ways to meet the criteria the users want.

Google: "How to Turn Off Form Autocompletion"
Yeilds:-

Page not found | MDN

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/How_to_Turn_Off_Form_Autocompletion

The MDN Web Docs site provides information about Open Web technologies including HTML, CSS, and APIs for both Web sites and progressive web apps.

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**Jorge** · Nov 4 '08, 08:25 AM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

On Nov 4, 8:44 am, Jorge <jo...@jorgecha morro.comwrote:

On Nov 4, 7:15 am, Charles Richmond <friz...@tx.rr. comwrote:
>

Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will
cause the browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of
the browser settings???

>
Buid the form dynamically, and use weird field names with a random
part, such as name_675sd4Y. Then strip the random part at the server
side. ISTM this may work.
>
javascript:aler t("_"+(Math.flo or(1e8*Math.ran dom())).toStrin g(36))
>

Forget it. This ^^^ doesn't do it:

<https://developer.mozilla.org/En/
How_to_Turn_Off _Form_Autocompl etion: "Note that variants of key
words such as "Name1", "Address2" will also trigger the prompt."

What dhtml has told you is the right thing.

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**Matthias Watermann** · Nov 4 '08, 05:35 PM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:15:11 -0600, Charles Richmond wrote:

Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???

Why would you hinder the users of such a form?

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**Matthias Watermann** · Nov 4 '08, 05:35 PM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:29 -0800, dhtml wrote:

Charles Richmond wrote:

>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???
>>
>>

You can disable autocomplete on a form with:
>
<form autocomplete='o ff' ...>

Which DTD allows such a tag attribute?

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**Gregor Kofler** · Nov 4 '08, 05:55 PM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

Matthias Watermann meinte:

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:15:11 -0600, Charles Richmond wrote:
>

>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???

>
Why would you hinder the users of such a form?
>
>

It interferes with the popular XHR driven suggest widgets.

Gregor

**Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn** · Nov 4 '08, 08:25 PM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

Matthias Watermann wrote:

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:29 -0800, dhtml wrote:

>Charles Richmond wrote:

>>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???

>>
>You can disable autocomplete on a form with:
>>
><form autocomplete='o ff' ...>

>
Which DTD allows such a tag attribute?

No standardized one, so that's bad advice indeed. However, it might be
possible to set a corresponding property of the corresponding element
object in a suitable place instead.

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**dhtml** · Nov 5 '08, 03:15 AM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

Matthias Watermann wrote:

>On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:29 -0800, dhtml wrote:

>>Charles Richmond wrote:
>>>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>>>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???
>>You can disable autocomplete on a form with:
>>>
>><form autocomplete='o ff' ...>

>Which DTD allows such a tag attribute?

>
No standardized one, so that's bad advice indeed.

It gets the job done. Browsers that don't handle autocomplete will
ignore it.

However, it might be

possible to set a corresponding property of the corresponding element
object in a suitable place instead.
>
>

The ajax form's autocomplete property set to "off"

form.autocomple te = "off".

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**Charles Richmond** · Nov 5 '08, 03:55 AM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

Matthias Watermann wrote:

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:15:11 -0600, Charles Richmond wrote:
>

>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???

>
Why would you hinder the users of such a form?
>

The fields I want to disable auto-complete... only accept
numbers from 1 to 31. Auto-complete becomes more of a distraction
than a help here.

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**Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn** · Nov 5 '08, 06:45 PM

Re: Seeking to defeat auto-fill

dhtml wrote:

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

>Matthias Watermann wrote:

>>On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:29 -0800, dhtml wrote:
>>>Charles Richmond wrote:
>>>>Is there some parameter I can set via Javascript that will cause the
>>>>browser to *not* auto-fill forms, regardless of the browser settings???
>>>You can disable autocomplete on a form with:
>>>>
>>><form autocomplete='o ff' ...>
>>Which DTD allows such a tag attribute?

>No standardized one, so that's bad advice indeed.

>
It gets the job done. Browsers that don't handle autocomplete will
ignore it.

That's inexperience talking; you just can't know that.

However, it might be

>possible to set a corresponding property of the corresponding element
>object in a suitable place instead.

>
The ajax form's autocomplete property set to "off"
>
form.autocomple te = "off".

Yes, that's what I meant.

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