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autocomplete attribute is not passing XHTML 1.0 Transitional validation, why?

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That W3C link is for the web forms stuff, not core XHTML. It might be possible to pull in the extra DTD for the web forms and get the page to validate.

Pointy 2010-03-25 14:36:51

Answer 2

+1 A:

autocomplete is a HTML5 attribute, so use a HTML5 document type declaration, if you need it.

toscho 2010-03-25 14:38:20

Answer 3

+2 A:

The Web forms specification has nothing to do with HTML 4 / XHTML. Sadly, autocomplete will not pass validation.

I think the only way to achieve valid HTML 4 /XHTML with autocomplete turned off is adding the attribute on page load using JavaScript. Sucks, I know - but I think it's the only way.

Pekka 2010-03-25 14:38:40

Is page load early enough so that the browser hasn't filled in the form yet? I can remember reading an article on dynamically adding `autocomplete`, unfortunately I can't remember what the conclusion was.

Boldewyn 2010-03-25 14:47:47

@Boldewyn damn good question! The consensus seems to be onDOMLoad, at least according to this: http://avatraxiom.livejournal.com/97999.html

Pekka 2010-03-25 14:58:34

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