HTML <textarea> autocomplete Attribute

Example

<form action="action.php">
  <textarea autocomplete="on" name="textareaText">Hello world!</textarea>

  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

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Meaning

The autocomplete attribute specifies whether the value of the control can be automatically completed by the browser.

If the autocomplete attribute is not specified on a <textarea> element, then the browser uses the autocomplete attribute value of the <textarea> element's form owner.

The form owner is either the <form> element that this <textarea> element is a descendant of or the form element whose id is specified by the form attribute of the input element. For more information, see the autocomplete attribute in <form>.

Standard Syntax

<textarea autocomplete="off|on">...</textarea>

Attribute Values

Value	Description
off	Specifies the user must explicitly enter a value into this field for every use, or the document provides its own auto-completion method; the browser does not automatically complete the entry.
on	Specifies the browser can automatically complete the value based on values that the user has entered during previous uses.