Browser Form Autofill

Discussions center on how a form technique or UI change interferes with browser autofill features, including Chrome's automatic filling, password managers like LastPass, and workarounds like autocomplete='off'. Concerns include usability loss, phishing risks, and browser behaviors ignoring disable flags.

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gmueckl • Feb 21, 2018 • View on HN

Does anyone know how this interacts with form auto-filling?

jazoom • Jan 5, 2017 • View on HN

But then the browser won't autofill it, so what's the problem?

stronglikedan • Jan 14, 2025 • View on HN

It looks like the UI would clash with the browser's autofill recommendations.

DuncanCoffee • Apr 30, 2025 • View on HN

Would this also stop users with automatic form filling enabled?

leeoniya • Nov 7, 2017 • View on HN

i dunno why you're getting downvoted. you're right about this. but this doesn't apply to autofill behavior of non-password fields.

grey-area • Jun 15, 2016 • View on HN

autocomplete in chrome fills in the forms without user interaction, the user doesn't get the choice, they can only wipe the fields afterwards if they happen to notice.

MiroF • Oct 27, 2019 • View on HN

autofiller wouldn't trigger on a phishing site

l5870uoo9y • May 23, 2017 • View on HN

Forms are annoying and should to the greatest extend be automatized. Chrome autofill and saving user's input is helpfull.

tommoor • Jul 2, 2014 • View on HN

I wonder his this fares with auto-filled forms by the browser and things like lastpass / onepassword

masklinn • Oct 13, 2019 • View on HN

MDN literally mentions jquery.disableAutoFill which basically does that for you under the cover (scrambling the name on display, and unscrambling on submission).