Always disable autocomplete for date pickers
When we write a form with date fields, we often use graphical data picker like Rome to get a consistent calendar popup on all browsers.
When you integrate a date picker popup, remember to also set autocomplete="off" on the text input that opens the calendar on click. Otherwise the autocomplete suggestions will cover the calendar box and make it unusable:
If you are using a tool like Unpoly you might want to set autocomplete="off" in the JavaScript that also initializes your date picker library:
Copyup.compiler('.date-picker', function(input) { input.setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off') rome(input) })
This way users with JavaScript disabled (and hence no calendar popups) will still get the browser's default autocomplete behavior.
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