Monday, April 23, 2012

AutoComplete feature in Browser

In order to save your time of typing repeating phrase such as user name, password, search string or some common fields that you often used, browser has include a feature called AutoComplete.

AutoCompete or sometime called AutoFill has been included in HTML 5. However, not all of the browsers supported this feature. For Mozilla Firefox, it is available from version 4 and above. And, Internet Explorer includes this feature from version 5 and above.

In Mozilla FireFox, you may enable the AutoComplete feature by configure the history setting under privacy tab. It is accessible from Tools > Options then select Privacy tab. Under the History block, choose Use custom settings for history option. And make sure you checked the checked box of Remember search and form history.




In Internet Explore, select Tools > Internet Options, then select Content tab. To enable the AutoComplete feature checked the AutoComplete checked box.

If you are using AutoComplete feature in ASP.NET, most likely you would like to enable this feature in your respective browsers. 

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