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Autocomplete

Autocomplete

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Autocomplete

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- [Instructor] The HTML Autocomplete attribute is available on the form tag as well as input elements that take a text or numeric value as input, text area elements and select elements. Autocomplete lets web developers specify what if any permissions the user agent has to provide automated assistance in filling out form field values as well as guidance to the browser as to what type of information is expected in that particular field. The source of the suggested values is generally up to the browser. Typically values come from past values entered by the user, but they may also come from pre-configured values. For instance a browser might let the user save their name, address, phone number and email addresses for Autocomplete purposes. Perhaps the browser offers the ability to save encrypted credit card information for auto completion following an authentication procedure. The auto complete attribute specifies whether…

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