HTML DOM Input URL autocomplete Property

The HTML DOM Input URL autocomplete property sets/returns whether autocomplete is enabled or disabled. If enabled it shows previously typed values.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning value - on/off

inputURLObject.autocomplete

Setting autocomplete to value

inputURLObject.autocomplete = value

Values

Here, “value” can be the following −

value	Details
on	It defines that input has autocomplete attribute enabled.
off	It defines that input autocomplete attribute is disabled.

Example

Let us see an example of Input URL autocomplete property −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input URL autocomplete</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>URL-autocomplete</legend>
<label for="URLSelect">URL :
<input type="url" id="URLSelect" placeholder="eg: https://www.xyz.com/" autocomplete="off" autofocus>
</label>
<input type="button" onclick="addAutocomplete()" value="Enable Suggestions">
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputURL = document.getElementById("URLSelect");
   divDisplay.textContent = 'Suggestions: '+inputURL.autocomplete;
   function addAutocomplete() {
      inputURL.autocomplete = 'on';
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Suggestions: '+inputURL.autocomplete;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Before clicking ’Enable Suggestions’ button −

HTML DOM Input URL autocomplete Property

After clicking ‘Enable Suggestions’ button −

HTML DOM Input URL autocomplete Property