Turning off field suggestions

ag_chantelle thank you for replying - i really do appreciate it (and i'm sure others will be glad for the additional information).

we looked at using autocomplete="off" and autocomplete="nope" (yes, that's a real thing) and it doesn't work consistently. as you mentioned the poor use of autocomplete is an issue and therefore not a reliable way for password managers to detect what they should/shouldn't attach to. also technically autocomplete attribute can be applied to the wrapping form element and it's supposed to turn off autocomplete for everything in the form - not sure how well that works in practice - and it doesn't work with 1password.

there are some techniques that attempt to use the wrong type of text input e.g. type="search" - but this is hacky/clumsy. we can do better.

the most obvious (and valid html) method would be a custom attribute - which is supposed start with data- per html spec - and thus the idea for data-1password-ignore (or data-1password-ignore="true"). an alternative, which probably isn't as elegant as html attribute, would be a class value that would disable 1password on and element.

let me explain why i think this is important. on occasion (more than a few times) 1password (and/or lastpass) trigger on an input element where it just shouldn't. i don't know the specific algorithm for how an input is picked or not (the name attribute probably plays into it) - but it can be wrong and results in a confusing user experience.

bad user interface is not ideal but not usually a deal breaker. however, and maybe more importantly, we've applied enormous effort in an attempt to train everyone that weak/reused/bad passwords need to be avoided at all costs - with the recommendation to please USE, and TRUST a password manager. it is the TRUST and CONFIDENCE in the password manager that is critical - and when 1password, or dashlane, or lastpass, etc - do "weird", "odd", or "unexpected" things IT REDUCES THE CONFIDENCE IN THE TOOL (and yes, unfortunately, i've even been asked more than once to DISABLE/REMOVE password managers because of weird behavior).