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0 pointsfreedomben1y ago0 comments

There is a convention already, and it's quite simple. There's an "autocomplete" property on an input tag, and you can tell the browser what it's for[1]. Use "username", "email", and "current-password" for example when building a login page. ("new-password" is useful for creating an account or changing password, and the password manager can suggest a new password here instead of trying to autofill with your old password).

The autocomplete attribute supports nearly everything you can imagine. Check this for a full list[2].

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/In...

[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes...

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digging1y ago

I think the GP commenter is aware of that but saying "now that Apple is directly invested in managing and entering your password, it's harder to make excuses for dogshit product specs that, for example, block pasting passwords."

NoPicklez1y ago

They're saying that Apple bringing this tech in will force developers to follow this convention, ss from their experience they're not. Not that there isn't a convention but people aren't following the conventions that exist.

minton1y ago

Is there a way to turn this off entirely? Something like <html autocomplete=“off”>? It’s rather annoying to have 1Password trying to fill my contact info into any form with a Name input. For example, Forum Name, Todo Name, etc.

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