From 543cdf98bd7c7e769ab70097b9caf957532165b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdinsmore <mdinsmore@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 11:38:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix chrome autocomplete issue

---
 src/jquery.autocomplete.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
index 173ac5e7..95f66c15 100644
--- a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@
                 container;
 
             // Remove autocomplete attribute to prevent native suggestions:
-            that.element.setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off');
+            // as per
+            // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Securing_your_site/Turning_off_form_autocompletion
+            // some browsers e.g. Google Chrome ignore autocomplete=off but autocomplete=nope
+            // will provide the correct behaviour
+            that.element.setAttribute('autocomplete', 'nope');
 
             // html() deals with many types: htmlString or Element or Array or jQuery
             that.noSuggestionsContainer = $('<div class="autocomplete-no-suggestion"></div>')