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Browser autocomplete is annoying on Special:NewLexeme with entity suggestor
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The browser autocomplete field is very annoying on Special:NewLexeme.
I should be able to see the entity suggester here, but it is hidden under the auto completion.

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I'm pretty sure there is a way to disable browser autocomplete here, it might be worth doing?

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Apparently it’s pretty simple: set autocomplete="off" (see MDN).

Change 434720 had a related patch set uploaded (by Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE); owner: Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE)):
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme@master] Prevent browser autocomplete on Special:NewLexeme

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/434720

Change 434720 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme@master] Prevent browser autocomplete on Special:NewLexeme

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/434720

Lydia_Pintscher raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.May 27 2018, 4:03 PM

Change 435750 had a related patch set (by Pablo Grass (WMDE)) published:
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme@master] ItemSelectorWidgetField: prevent autocomplete

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/435750

Change 435750 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme@master] ItemSelectorWidgetField: prevent autocomplete

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/435750

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/435750/ is a follow-up to always disable autocomplete on ItemSelectorWidgetField