How to disable the autofill in browser text inputs selectively via code?

Question

Is it possible to selectively disable the autofill feature in text fields using code?

I'm developing my custom code in ASP.Net AJAX to search for the suggestion in the database and I would like to prevent the browser suggestions from appearing when the user starts typing in the textbox.

I'm looking for a solution that works in the most modern browsers (IE 7 & 8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome). It's is ok if the workaround is in Javascript.

Answer 1

Adding an autocomplete=off attribute to the html input element should do that.

Answer 2

Look at the autocomplete HTML attribute (on form or input tags).

<form [...] autocomplete="off"> [...] </form>

W3C > Autocomplete attribute

Answer 3

you can put it into your inputs:

<input type="text" name="off" autocomplete="off">

or in jquery

$(":input").attr("autocomplete","off");