text_field_with_auto_complete Vs a browsers autocomplete function

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In the demo at http://demo.script.aculo.us/ajax/autocompleter_customized the input firld generated by text_field_with_auto_complete has an autocomplete attribute set to off, which stops the browser using it's own auto complete function, but when I use it, that attribute is now there and Firefox's version gets in the way.

I've tried adding :autocomplete => "off" as an option, but that didn't work, what am I missing?

Cheers

-S

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I would expect it to automatically add that attribute. However if it's not working then check out the defintion of the text_field_with_auto_complete method:

text_field_with_auto_complete(object, method, tag_options = {}, completion_options = {})

Note that the autocomplete="off" would belong in the tag_options, which means you would have explicitly wrap it in curly braces to separate it from the completion_options. Or, the opposite problem would be that you are clobbering the autocomplete attribute that is included by default which would be solved by putting a blank tag_options in. What does your code look like?

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<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :vendor, :postcodes, { "autocomplete" => 'off' }, :skip_style => true %>

That is the field in question ...

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I pasted that into one of my views and change the model/method name and it worked. autocomplete="off" was the first attribute of the input tag.

Are you on Rails 1.2.3 and do you have any plugins that much around with the internals?

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stuart@shearer:~$ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i486-linux] stuart@shearer:~$ rails -v Rails 1.2.3

and vendor/plugins contins:

foreign_key_migrations/ redhillonrails_core/ simple_http_auth/ transactional_migrations/

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Take the plugins out and see if it works. If not, start a new application and just copy the view code in and see if it works.

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The problem is being caused by Sxipper (http://www.sxipper.com), when it is enabled, the autocomplete attribute of the field gets removed, however with the plugin switched off, the autocomplete attribute remains in place.

I'll raise a bug with the Sxipper team, as I don't see how this could (or should?) be handled by the Ruby devs.

Thanks for your help this far Dasil003

-S