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Add autocomplete attribute to <textarea> and <select>

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 66)

Intent stage

None

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Incubation

Summary

Add autocomplete attribute to <textarea> and <select> as per spec. https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#the-select-element, https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#the-textarea-element

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#the-select-element
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=758078

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=add-autocomplete-attribute-to-textarea-and-select
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Add%20autocomplete%20attribute%20to%20%3Ctextarea%3E%20and%20%3Cselect%3E
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Add%20autocomplete%20attribute%20to%20%3Ctextarea%3E%20and%20%3Cselect%3E
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Add%20autocomplete%20attribute%20to%20%3Ctextarea%3E%20and%20%3Cselect%3E

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