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Turning Off AutoComplete

Hello,

does anybody know how to turn off the autocomplete feature for a certain
text field?

I am aware of the "autocomple te" attribute, but I have seen other
implementions achieving it without any such attribute and am wondering
whether there is another way to do it .... like via CSS or a naming
convention or .......

Thanks,
Alex
Jul 23 '05
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Alex wrote:
These are no answers to my questions.
Yes there are.
Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If you
have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise, whats
the purpose?


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something[,] we discuss it's implications. If the discussion happens
to answer a question you've asked[,] that's incidental."
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Jul 23 '05 #11
Els
Alex wrote:
Els wrote:

People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
you.
It should be obvious that I referred to this discussion!


Wasn't obvious to me, but I get your point now.
Again, if you arent of any help, whats the purpose of your postings?


I don't need a purpose to be posting here, but if you need a reason
for my postings: they may have been of help to people who don't read
alt.html and would give you the same answers as you've been given
there already.

If you want to ask the same question in a new group, it's nice to
actually refer to the other thread, so that whoever is interested, can
read up on what solutions have already been given/tried/dismissed.

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Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
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Now playing: Flash And The Pan - Midnight Man
Jul 23 '05 #12
Michael Rozdoba wrote:

If all you want is an answer to the question, this should suffice:

Yes.

I suspect that isn't the response you want, so to second guess you:

Yes, the browser programmers.
Pardon?

Does having an answer to your question, rather than a discussion, help
you at all? No, I didn't think so.
I asked a question and hoped for an answer, which can turn into a
discussion, but I didnt ask for the kind of responses Els came up so far.

To be slightly more helpful, you certainly can't do it with html or css.


Well, there are implementions which accomplish it. Whether they do it
via HTML, CSS or HTTP is part of the question and if you do not know it,
then it is fine (I dont know it either, otherwise I wouldnt have asked).
However nitpicking doesnt help an inch.

Alex
Jul 23 '05 #13
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:08:54 GMT, Alex <no*@for.spam > wrote:
Els wrote:
People trying to think with you to solve your problem is a senseless
discussion? How about saying that to the person who just posted a new
message to your thread in alt.html? I'd bet he would stop thinking for
you.


It should be obvious that I referred to this discussion!

Again, if you arent of any help, whats the purpose of your postings?


This is not a helpdesk. Pay me about two thousand euros and I'll help you. I'll
even call you 'Sir' for that money. Laugh behind your back, but call you in your
face what ever you need to be happy and feel all superior and all.

Posting contents, questions and all remotely related, get discussed in here by
who ever feels a need to bud in. If you have a question and it does get answered
somewhere in the dynamics of the ongoing discussions, well, lucky you. But
answering to your specific demands is not why people participate in this
newsgroup.

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Jul 23 '05 #14
Barbara de Zoete wrote:

This is not a helpdesk. Pay me about two thousand euros and I'll help
you. I'll even call you 'Sir' for that money. Laugh behind your back,
but call you in your face what ever you need to be happy and feel all
superior and all.


A newsgroup is always also a kind of helpdesk. I will pay you exactly
nothing. However I also did not require a reply from you. If you cant be
of any help then this is fine - more or less - , but dont cry at me.
Jul 23 '05 #15
Els
Alex wrote:
Barbara de Zoete wrote:

This is not a helpdesk. Pay me about two thousand euros and I'll help
you. I'll even call you 'Sir' for that money. Laugh behind your back,
but call you in your face what ever you need to be happy and feel all
superior and all.


A newsgroup is always also a kind of helpdesk. I will pay you exactly
nothing. However I also did not require a reply from you. If you cant be
of any help then this is fine - more or less - , but dont cry at me.


May I remind me that you are the one crying?
<quote>
Anyway, I asked for an answer and not for a senseless discussion. If
you have an answer to my question, then please let me know. Otherwise,
whats the purpose?
</quote>

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Jul 23 '05 #16
Els wrote:

Wasn't obvious to me, but I get your point now.
Alright.

I don't need a purpose to be posting here, but if you need a reason
for my postings: they may have been of help to people who don't read
alt.html and would give you the same answers as you've been given
there already.
I am sorry, but your postings were rather complaints than actual
"responses" .

Again, if you dont know an answer then its perfectly okay, but
complaining doesnt help.

If you want to ask the same question in a new group, it's nice to
actually refer to the other thread, so that whoever is interested, can
read up on what solutions have already been given/tried/dismissed.


That might be true.

Alex
Jul 23 '05 #17
Els
Alex wrote:
I didnt ask for the kind of responses Els came up so far.


<g>

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Jul 23 '05 #18
David Dorward wrote:

Yes there are.
Yes there are - No there arent - Yes there are ......

Great, Kindergarten style!

Just show me "the" answer to my question! If it would have been answered
I wouldnt have asked again.

"Get real! This is a discussion group not a helpdesk. You post
something[,] we discuss it's implications. If the discussion happens
to answer a question you've asked[,] that's incidental."


As I already said, newsgroups are always a kind of helpdesk as well.
Jul 23 '05 #19
Els
Alex wrote:
Els wrote:

Wasn't obvious to me, but I get your point now.
Alright.

I don't need a purpose to be posting here, but if you need a reason
for my postings: they may have been of help to people who don't read
alt.html and would give you the same answers as you've been given
there already.


I am sorry, but your postings were rather complaints than actual
"responses" .


Complaints? I was only clarifying what Barbara already mentioned,
namely that there was already a thread active on this subject in
alt.html.
Again, if you dont know an answer then its perfectly okay, but
complaining doesnt help.


I didn't complain, but even if I felt like complaining, it doesn't
matter that it doesn't help.
If you want to ask the same question in a new group, it's nice to
actually refer to the other thread, so that whoever is interested, can
read up on what solutions have already been given/tried/dismissed.


That might be true.


:-)

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Jul 23 '05 #20

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