You learned how autofill works, how you can help browsers with autofill, and why autofill makes it convenient for users to fill out forms. Help browsers understand that a field shouldn't be autofilled # Using suitable values for the autocomplete attribute helps browsers offer the best autofill option, and helps users fill out forms faster. Found an appropriate value for your form field? Add it. When adding a telephone field to your form check if you can use any of the available values for autocomplete. In addition to addresses, account information, and credit card information, there are many more fields where browsers can help users with autofill. Ensure autofill works for all your fields # Learn more about helping users to avoid re-entering payment data. Use standard form elements, for example, a for the payment card dates, instead of custom elements, to ensure autocomplete is available. Use a single input for numbers such as credit card numbers and telephone numbers, to ensure browsers offer autofill. There are values for the credit card number cc-number, credit card expiration date cc-exp, and all other information needed for a credit card payment. You can use the autocomplete attribute again, to ensure browsers offer the correct autofill options. Sites may use third-party payment platforms that provide their own forms, but if you do need to build your own payment forms, make sure people can easily fill in payment information. On many e-commerce websites, you can use your credit card to purchase products. Help users fill in their credit card information # Learn more about multifactor authentication. Consider using other two-factor authentication methods or multifactor authentication. SMS isn't the most secure method of authentication by itself, because phone numbers can be recycled and hijacked. Your browser can now offer autofill, because a value for name is already stored. This site also contains a form field with name="name". Say, weeks later, you fill out another form on another website. Some browsers also look at the id attribute when storing and filling in data. If you submit this form field, browsers store the value (the data you entered) along with the value of the name attribute (name).
How do browsers know what data to autofill? Let's have a look at an example form field to find out.
One way to help users fill out forms faster is by offering them the option to automatically fill in form fields with previously entered data. Over time, you fill out many forms, and you often fill in the same data.
But why do browsers offer autofill?įilling out forms isn't an interesting activity, but still something you do often. In the intro to autofill, you already learned the basics of autofill. This module teaches you how autofill works, and how autocomplete and other element attributes can ensure that browsers offer appropriate autofill options. Browsers, and you, as a developer, can help users enter data faster, and avoid re-entering data. Having to re-enter your address for the tenth time is tiring.
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