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Posted by Christine Forber on 08/10/07 20:58
Jeremy wrote:
> Christine Forber wrote:
>> I have created a form that incorporates AJAX to provide suggestions
>> from the database contents for the given field. The problem is that
>> many browsers do their own "suggestions" based on previous values used
>> for that field. These browser suggestions sometimes completely hide
>> the AJAX suggestions. Is there some way to turn off this browser
>> behaviour in the form? (Yes, I know how to do it with my browser, but
>> if it is happening to me, it is happening to my customers and I want
>> to stop that behaviour only for the AJAX enabled fields in this
>> particular form.)
>>
>> Not sure if the solution is html or javascript, so sent this message
>> to both groups.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christine
>
> One technique I have seen used to solve this issue is to slightly vary
> the "name" of the input. For example, adding a short string of random
> characters or numbers to the end of the "name" can cause the browser to
> not realize that it is the same field for which it has remembered
> previous values. This, of course, requires slight changes to
> server-side code in order to properly retrieve the value using the
> appropriate modified key.
>
> Then again, it might be rather presumptuous of you to assume that your
> customers would rather use YOUR suggestions than the previous values
> that they have entered on your site and on others. Just something to
> consider.
In this particular case, entering any value except one from the
suggestions will end up in no hits for their search. So it does make
sense. I agree that this might well not be the case for all forms.
Christine
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