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Bug 18479 - It look to me like the default value for autocompete in a password element is "on" (if the attribute is never specified). It seems wrong.
Summary: It look to me like the default value for autocompete in a password element is...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-08-02 22:45 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-10-08 22:20 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2012-08-02 22:45:07 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/association-of-controls-and-forms.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#autofilling-form-controls:-the-autocomplete-attribute
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#autofilling-form-controls:-the-autocomplete-attribute

Comment:
It look to me like the default value for autocompete in a password element is
"on" (if the attribute is never specified). It seems wrong.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-10-08 22:20:16 UTC 
Why is that wrong?