How to help password managers autocomplete input fields
Daisho Komiyama edited this page Apr 23, 2023
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These days password managers are everywhere, either from your own or one provided by the browser. To let them do their job, each input field must have an autocomplete
attribute and be set them appropriately. Here's what I do as of 2023.
<h2>Register</h2>
<form id="form_register">
<fieldset>
<label for="register_name">Your name</label>
<input
id="register_name"
autocomplete="name"
required
/>
<label for="register_email">Your email</label>
<input
id="register_email"
type="email"
autocomplete="username"
required
/>
<label for="register_password">Your password</label>
<input
id="register_password"
type="password"
autocomplete="new-password"
required
/>
</fieldset>
<button>Register Account</button>
</form>
Two points here,
- Set the
autocomplete
attribute ofemail
tousername
. Check your password manager's username field; the value is highly likely your email - Set the
autocomplete
attribute ofpassword
tonew-password
<h2>Log In</h2>
<form id="formLogin">
<fieldset>
<label for="register_name">Your email</label>
<input
id="login_email"
autocomplete="username"
required
/>
<label for="login_password">Password</label>
<input
id="login_password"
type="password"
autocomplete="current-password"
/>
</fieldset>
<button>Continue</button>
<p>
<a href="/register" class="navlink"
>Register a new account instead</a
>
</p>
</form>
The point for login form is,
- Set the
autocomplete
attribute ofpassword
tocurrent-password
By following the example above, your password manager should be able to associate the input fields and the values it has.