Seeking to defeat auto-fill

[Charles Richmond]

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

 

[Jorge]

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:alert("_"+(Math.floor(1e8*Math.random())).toString(36))

 

[dhtml]

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='off' ...>

or an element:-

<input autocomplete='off' >

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533486(VS.85).aspx

Google: "How to Turn Off Form Autocompletion"
Yeilds:-
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/How_to_Turn_Off_Form_Autocompletion

 

[Jorge]

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:alert("_"+(Math.floor(1e8*Math.random())).toString(36))

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

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

What dhtml has told you is the right thing.

 

[Matthias Watermann]

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]

You can disable autocomplete on a form with:

<form autocomplete='off' ...>

Which DTD allows such a tag attribute?


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[Gregor Kofler]

Matthias Watermann meinte:

Why would you hinder the users of such a form?

It interferes with the popular XHR driven suggest widgets.

Gregor

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

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.


PointedEars

 

[dhtml]

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.autocomplete = "off".

 

[Charles Richmond]

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.

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

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

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

form.autocomplete = "off".

Yes, that's what I meant.


PointedEars