HTML - AutoComplete

autocompletion in HTML will be find:

• in the HTML autocomplete attribute
• implemented in the datalist element
• or via a implementation/library

The autocomplete attribute permits to fill forms with known or history data of the user such as:

• address
• postcode
• …

The autocomplete attribute can be set:

• on the form
• or on each control items

The autocomplete attribute describes the semantic of the value in order to auto-fill the form.

Example:

Your phone number: <input type=tel name=custtel autocomplete="billing tel">
Recipient's phone number: <input type=tel name=shiptel autocomplete="shipping tel">
Romanized name: <input name="e" type="text" autocomplete="section-en name">
Japanese name: <input name="j" type="text" autocomplete="section-jp name">
Credit card number:<input name="cc" type="text" inputmode="numeric" pattern="[0-9]{8,19}" autocomplete="cc-number">

See all possible value called autofill-field such as:

• off to turn it off
• name
• honorific-prefix
• given-name
• additional-name
• family-name
• honorific-suffix
• nickname
• username
• new-password
• current-password
• one-time-code
• organization-title
• organization
• street-address
• address-line1
• address-line2
• address-line3

See all possible values at the specification