Autocomplete value is invalid Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Invalid value for attribute autocomplete.

Help

The autocomplete attribute identifies the purpose of an input field (e.g. given-name), which lets the browser provide autofill suggestions. Change the value to one of the input purposes defined in the HTML specification. This helps people who have difficulty typing and also lets assistive technologies add icons to indicate input type for people with cognitive issues.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules 73f2c2
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.3.5 level AA)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.5 level AA)
• EN 301 549 (Success Criteria: 1.3.5 level AA)

Note: EN 301 549 checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.1 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.56 Mar 2025 Don’t fire for offscreen elements.
• 6.42 Oct 2021 Updated to match revised ACT rule.
• 6.41 Jul 2021 Added - split from HTML W3cHtml5Error-RnvErAval-autocomplete.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccHtmlAutocompleteInvalid