- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:12:11 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv6980 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: autocomplete=off should also disabled autocomplete of past stored values. (whatwg r3760) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.2929 retrieving revision 1.2930 diff -u -d -r1.2929 -r1.2930 --- Overview.html 4 Sep 2009 23:03:04 -0000 1.2929 +++ Overview.html 4 Sep 2009 23:12:07 -0000 1.2930 @@ -30193,12 +30193,14 @@ state. The attribute may also be omitted. The <i>missing value default</i> is the <dfn id="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</dfn> state.<p>The <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-off-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-off-state">off</a> - state indicates that the control's input data is either particularly - sensitive (for example the activation code for a nuclear weapon) or - is a value that will never be reused (for example a one-time-key for - a bank login) and the user will therefore have to explicitly enter - the data each time, instead of being able to rely on the UA to - prefill the value for him.<p>Conversely, the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state">on</a> state indicates + state indicates either that the control's input data is particularly + sensitive (for example the activation code for a nuclear weapon); or + that it is a value that will never be reused (for example a + one-time-key for a bank login) and the user will therefore have to + explicitly enter the data each time, instead of being able to rely + on the UA to prefill the value for him; or that the document + provides its own autocomplete mechanism and does not want the user + agent to provide autocompletion values.<p>Conversely, the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state">on</a> state indicates that the value is not particularly sensitive and the user can expect to be able to rely on his user agent to remember values he has entered for that control.<p>The <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</a> state @@ -30226,7 +30228,8 @@ autocompletion state</a> is <i title="">on</i>, the user agent may store the value entered by the user so that if the user returns to the page, the UA can prefill the form. Otherwise, the user agent - should not remember the control's <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>.</p> + should not remember the control's <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, and should not offer past + values to the user.</p> <p>In addition, if the <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting autocompletion state</a> is <i title="">off</i>, <a href="#history-autocomplete">values are
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