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Autocomplete is a UI feature provided by applications, where the program predicts a word or phrase that the user wants to type without the user actually typing it completely.

Autocomplete is a user interface feature provided by applications, where the program predicts a word or phrase that the user wants to type without the user actually typing it completely.

It is provided by many web browsers, e-mail programs, search engine interfaces, source code editors, database query tools, word processors, and command line interpreters.

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How do you disable browser autocomplete on web form field / input tags?

How do you disable autocomplete in the major browsers for a specific input (or form field)?
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Removing input background colour for Chrome autocomplete?

On a form I'm working on, Chrome is auto-filling the email and password fields. This is fine, however, Chrome changes the background colour to a pale yellow colour. The design I'm working on is using light text on a dark background, so this really…
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Disabling Chrome Autofill

I have been running into issues with the chrome autofill behavior on several forms. The fields in the form all have very common and accurate names, such as "email", "name", or "password", and they also have autocomplete="off" set. The autocomplete…
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Chrome ignores autocomplete="off"

I've created a web application which uses a tagbox drop down. This works great in all browsers except Chrome browser (Version 21.0.1180.89). Despite both the input fields AND the form field having the autocomplete="off" attribute, Chrome insists on…
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jQuery autocomplete tagging plug-in like StackOverflow's input tags?

What solutions accomplish the same auto-completion that SO uses for entering tags? There are plugins that can handle one word but I haven't seen any that handle multiple words.
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Disable browser 'Save Password' functionality

One of the joys of working for a government healthcare agency is having to deal with all of the paranoia around dealing with PHI (Protected Health Information). Don't get me wrong, I'm all for doing everything possible to protect people's personal…
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Autocompletion in Vim

I'm having trouble with autocompletion. How can I get a code suggestion while I'm typing? I usually develop in PHP, Ruby, HTML, C and CSS.
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Autocompletion in Vim

In a nutshell, I'm searching for a working autocompletion feature for the Vim editor. I've argued before that Vim completely replaces an IDE under Linux and while that's certainly true, it lacks one important feature: autocompletion. I know about…
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How do I stop Notepad++ from showing autocomplete for all words in the file

I'm trying to use Notepad++ with the Progress programming language. I have installed the language definition in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Notepad++ as userDefineLang.xml and syntax highlighting is working correctly. I've put a file in the notepad++…
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Disable IntelliJ Starred (Package) Imports?

I'm a migrating Eclipse IDE user and am learning my way round IntelliJ IDEA 9. By default Eclipse IDE won't use a starred import until you import 99 classes from the same package, so it practically never happens. But IntelliJ IDEA seems only too…
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How to limit google autocomplete results to City and Country only

I am using google autocomplete places javascript to return suggested results for my searchbox , what I need is to only show the city and the country related to the characters entered but google api will give a lot of general places results which I…
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How do I get bash completion to work with aliases?

Case in point: I'm a on mac with bash v3.2.17, I'm using git installed via macports with the bash_completion variant. When I type git checkout m. for example, I get it completed to master. However, I've got an alias to git checkout, gco. When…
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Homebrew’s `git` not using completion

When using OSX’s git, after I modify a file I can simply do git commit , and that’ll auto complete the file’s name to the one that was modified. However, if I install a newer version of git from homebrew and I use it, that feature no longer…
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Eclipse: Enable autocomplete / content assist

How can I enable autocomplete in Eclipse? I can't find it!
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Xcode 9 Autocomplete Not Working 100% - Partially Working

This morning, Xcode 9.0 (9A235) shows a new/strange Auto Complete box that is not at all what it used to be. How do I get the full auto-complete box so that autocomplete looks like how it usually does?
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