{"id":1194,"date":"2010-03-05T22:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2010-03-05T22:26:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T12:26:38","slug":"how-to-disable-text-auto-correction-in-iphone-web-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2010\/03\/05\/how-to-disable-text-auto-correction-in-iphone-web-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable text auto correction in iPhone web app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To turn off iPhone auto correction feature (predictive dictionary) on textboxes, add <code>autocorrect=\"off\"<\/code> attribute to your <code>input <\/code>tag.  <\/p>\n<pre>\r\n&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;keyword&quot; name=&quot;keyword&quot; \r\nautocorrect=&quot;off&quot; \/&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>You can also turn off auto capitalising\/capitalizing feature by adding <code>autocapitalize=\"off\"<\/code> attribute.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;keyword&quot; name=&quot;keyword&quot; \r\nautocorrect=&quot;off&quot; autocapitalize=&quot;off&quot; \/&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>And lastly, you can turn off auto complete in a similar way.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;keyword&quot; name=&quot;keyword&quot; \r\nautocorrect=&quot;off&quot; autocapitalize=&quot;off&quot; autocomplete=&quot;off&quot; \/&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>More HTML tips for iPhone web apps can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0596805780?ie=UTF8&tag=eisabainyonet-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596805780\" target=\"_blank\">Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=eisabainyonet-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0596805780\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> book published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To turn off iPhone auto correction feature (predictive dictionary) on textboxes, add autocorrect=&#8221;off&#8221; 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