Is autocomplete=“off” compatible with all modern b

Question

I've just been given a requirement to prevent browsers from saving data entered into specific form fields. It's been years since I've done web dev, and this is a relatively new capability. I was able to find the form field property autocomplete="off", but I can't seem to find any documentation indicating which browsers support it. Can anyone point me in the right direction of a chart of form attributes and browser compatibility?

Answer 1

Matter of fact, both username and password fields doesn't react to AutoComplete=off in all the latest browsers.

Answer 2

If you're able to use JavaScript and jQuery, you can place this on load of the html:

$('#theform input').val('');

Answer 3

Be aware that all major browsers are moving towards ignoring the attribute for password fields.

I can only offer anecdotal evidence, but I've yet to come across a browser that fails to respect autocomplete="off", this experience covers:

• Firefox 1.5+ (Windows and Ubuntu)
• Opera 6+ (Windows and Ubuntu)
• Chrome v2+ (Windows and Ubuntu)
• Epiphany 0.8 (ish) (Ubuntu)
• Midori (I can't remember which version)
• Safari v1+ (Windows)
• IE 4 - 8, Windows.

I'm aware that Greasemonkey scripts, and presumably other user-scripts, can disable the autocomplete setting.

There's a couple of articles I found that might be useful to you:

1. How to turn off form auto-completion
2. Using auto-complete in html forms

Answer 4

Password managers now ignore the autocomplete attribute for password fields in the major browsers as of:

• IE11
• Firefox 30
• Chrome 34
• Safari seems to have an opt-in option to ignore them

It should still work fine for disabling autocomplete on form fields, but no longer affects the password manager.

Answer 5

As of Chrome v34, autocomplete="off" is now ignored by default.

This somewhat debatable feature can be disabled in the flags configuration by visiting chrome://flags

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-34-Seeks-to-Save-All-Your-Passwords-436693.shtml

Answer 6

Some solution is not working in modern browsers.

Another solution link is given here. which works in all modern browsers.

Input type=password, don't let browser remember the password

You can use autocomplete="off" in this given soluton