htmlcssinputautofill

Override browser form-filling and input highlighting with HTML/CSS


I have 2 basic forms: sign in and sign up, both on the same page. Now, I have no problem with the sign in form auto-filling, but the sign up form auto fills as well, and I don't like it.

Also, the form styles get a yellow background which I can't manage to override and I don't want to use inline CSS to do so. What can I do to make them stop being colored yellow and (possibly) auto filling?


Solution

  • for the autocompletion, you can use:

    <form autocomplete="off">
    

    regarding the coloring-problem:

    from your screenshot i can see that webkit generates the following style:

    input:-webkit-autofill {
        background-color: #FAFFBD !important;
    }
    

    1) as #id-styles are even more important than .class styles, the following may work:

    #inputId:-webkit-autofill {
        background-color: white !important;
    }
    

    2) if that won't work, you can try to set the style via javascript programmatically

    $("input[type='text']").bind('focus', function() {
       $(this).css('background-color', 'white');
    });
    

    3) if that won't work, you're doomed :-) consider this: this wont hide the yellow color, but will make the text readable again.

    input:-webkit-autofill {
            color: #2a2a2a !important; 
        }
    

    4) a css/javascript solution:

    css:

    input:focus {
        background-position: 0 0;
    }
    

    and the following javascript has to be run onload:

    function loadPage()
    {
        if (document.login)//if the form login exists, focus:
        {
            document.login.name.focus();//the username input
            document.login.pass.focus();//the password input
            document.login.login.focus();//the login button (submitbutton)
        }
    }
    

    eg:

    <body onload="loadPage();">
    

    good luck :-)

    5) If none of the above work try removing the input elements, cloning them, then placing the cloned elements back on the page (works on Safari 6.0.3):

    <script>
    function loadPage(){
    
        var e = document.getElementById('id_email');
        var ep = e.parentNode;
        ep.removeChild(e);
        var e2 = e.cloneNode();
        ep.appendChild(e2);
    
        var p = document.getElementById('id_password');
        var pp = p.parentNode;
        pp.removeChild(p);
        var p2 = p.cloneNode();
        pp.appendChild(p2);
    }
    
    document.body.onload = loadPage;
    </script>
    

    6) From here:

    if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("chrome") >= 0) {
        $(window).load(function(){
            $('input:-webkit-autofill').each(function(){
                var text = $(this).val();
                var name = $(this).attr('name');
                $(this).after(this.outerHTML).remove();
                $('input[name=' + name + ']').val(text);
            });
        });
    }