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Input components do not expose autocomplete property #2914

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@mollykreis

🐛 Bug Report

Nimble input fields (text field, number field, maybe others?) do not expose an autocomplete field to modify the autocomplete behavior of the browser.

This property exists on the native input: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Attributes/autocomplete

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🤔 Expected Behavior

A developer should be able to configure the autocomplete property that is used on an input field.

😯 Current Behavior

A developer can't configure the autocomplete property on input fields. As a result, the browser's default autocomplete behavior always occurs, which isn't necessarily the desired behavior. For example, in an app, it may always have autocomplete on a field that should not have autocomplete, and there isn't a way to control what values a given input provides as autocomplete options.

💁 Possible Solution

Expose an autocomplete property on nimble inputs. I haven't done a thorough evaluation of what controls this should include, but I expect it to include the nimble-text-field, nimble-number-field, nimble-text-area, and possibly more.

The nimble-combobox already has an autocomplete property that has an entirely different meaning & possible values than this new property, so we'll have to decide if we're happy with autocomplete meaning different things for different components.

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🌍 Your Environment

I ran into this in a Blazor app, but I would expect it to impact other frameworks as well.

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