Browser autocomplete

[henrywright]

Browser autocomplete

[justintadlock]

Wouldn't an autocomplete only enter info into form fields that they actually recognize like name, email, etc.? Otherwise, they wouldn't be very good, would they?

[justintadlock]

I'm also thinking something like this would work:

jQuery( '#th_rh_name' ).val( '' );

[henrywright]

Wouldn't an autocomplete only enter info into form fields that they actually recognize like name, email, etc.?

That's how I expected it to work but it doesn't seem to play nice. Disclaimer: I'm using Theme My Login but aside from that everything else is standard. WP 3.9.1. If I allow Chrome to remember login info after I've hit the login button, the honeypot field seems to be auto-filled on subsequent visits to the registration page. Clearing cookies does the trick but that isn't really a fix

jQuery( '#th_rh_name' ).val( '' ); would brute force an empty honeypot. My only thought would be when people have JS disabled

[justintadlock]

I can't reproduce this at all with Chrome Version 34.0.1847.131 m following the exact steps you've outlined. I've been running the basic version of this script for 2+ years on Theme Hybrid and have never had anyone tell me that they had a problem registering either.

My guess is that most users aren't logging into a site and then going to the registration form. Nevertheless, I'll add autocomplete="off". I'll also test out the JS solution and add if it works. As far as people with JS disabled are concerned, I stopped developing for them a few years ago. This already seems to be an edge case, so an edge case for a workaround on an edge case isn't much of a priority.

Out of curiosity, what is your autocomplete entering into the field?

[justintadlock]

I just pushed those changes in. Can you let me know if that helps?

[henrywright]

Working great now. I think the JS may have solved it although I did update Chrome to the latest version (I was running 34.0.1847.116 m) so that may have had an effect.

Thanks for looking into it!

[justintadlock]

Closing this as fixed.