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).