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In the HTMLFormElement IDL, the autocomplete attribute is referenced as a boolean attribute but the autocomplete attribute description [1] describes it as an enumerated attribute. An enumerated attribute should be represented as a DOMString attribute in the IDL. I suppose the enumerated attribute is the requested behavior because it will match the HTMLInputElement autocomplete attribute behavior. Otherwise, the autocomplete attribute should be described as a boolean attribute with the default value set to 'true'. [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#attr-form-autocomplete
bug 9490 is the same bug for the input element.
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