Question

I have a textbox for user to enter positive integer. User enters a lot of entries many times. Overtime, textbox has list of previous entries, when you start typing something similar to previous entry.
Sometimes, user accidentally select those previous entries. I know this one of browser’s features.

Is there anyway to clear these previous entries from javascript, or jQuery?

So, I’m thinking of using textbox (password mode) then unmask it with Javascript or jQuery. I think browser won’t keep anything if textbox is for password.

How can I unmask textbox password with Javascript or jQuery if it’s the right approach for this problem?

What I’m doing is to clear the history of the textbox I have on an ASPX page.

Thank you.

Answer 1

If you have a master page, you can turn form autocomplete off like in the child page that you have that Textbox control on like this:

On page load event:

 >Me.Form.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off")

Also add this attribute to your Textbox AutoCompleteType=”Disabled”