garry27 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I don't know if this is possible but can I disable the autocomplete drop down box that appear below text boxes by default in web browsers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry27 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The browser sandbox security model prevents browser content affecting user settings as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry27 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 The browser sandbox security model prevents browser content affecting user settings as far as I know. That doesn't seem to be the case on the uk ebay site. In fact there's actually an option that allows you to turn off their pop up. Theres got to be be a workaround somewhere?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 What browser are you using? Please identify a specific URL where you see this behaviour exhibited. I see nothing on that site that attempts to autocomplete. I see no pop-up option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 He might be talking about something similar to google suggest. However, I don't know how they make it so that form inputs are saved (that would do the same thing as the google suggest would do with dropdown list..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 That would make it some kind of self-inflicted wound akin to the yellow background on form fields when you install some other toolbars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry27 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Basically, what I want to do is have a ajax-based autocomplete functionality show only records that I specify using my own code. I have a drop down list which accomplishes this but the browser default menu hovers over this menu which is exactly what I don't want. There must be some way around this. If you look at http://www.nationalexpress.com/, which is the "defacto" train/coach booking website for the UK, you will find that it uses a drop down list which utilizes Ajax and is not based on the history settings in the browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry27 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 help please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Looking at the code there, which YOU could have done just as easily: <input type="text" ... autocomplete="off"/> Looking up that attribute, it says: "use, but don't rely on" for various tutorial places, as it is not official. edit: also: google: http://chrisholland.blogspot.com/2004/11/banks-protect-privacy-disable.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry27 Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 much thanks xtopolis. i'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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