How do I stop Chrome from yellowing my site's input boxes?

Question

Among other text and visual aids on a form submission, post-validation, I\'m coloring my input boxes red to signify the interactive area needing attention.

On Chrome

Answer 1

for today's versions, This works too if placed in one of the two login inputs. Also fix the version 40+ and late Firefox issue.

<input readonly="readonly" onfocus="this.removeAttribute('readonly');" />

Answer 2

To remove the border for all fields you can use the following:

*:focus { outline:none; }

To remove the border for select fields just apply this class to the input fields you want:

.nohighlight:focus { outline:none; }

You can of course change the border as you desire as well:

.changeborder:focus { outline:Blue Solid 4px; }

(From Bill Beckelman: Override Chrome's Automatic Border Around Active Fields Using CSS)

Answer 3

This works. Best of all, you can use rgba values (the box-shadow inset hack doesn't work with rgba). This is a slight tweak of @Benjamin's answer. I am using $(document).ready() instead of $(window).load(). It seems to work better for me - now there's much less FOUC. I don't believe there are and disadvantages to using $(document).ready().

if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("chrome") >= 0) {
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('input:-webkit-autofill').each(function(){
            var text = $(this).val();
            var name = $(this).attr('name');
            $(this).after(this.outerHTML).remove();
            $('input[name=' + name + ']').val(text);
        });
    });
};

Answer 4

By using a bit of jQuery you can remove Chrome's styling while keeping the autocomplete functionality intact. I wrote a short post about it here: http://www.benjaminmiles.com/2010/11/22/fixing-google-chromes-yellow-autocomplete-styles-with-jquery/

if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("chrome") >= 0) {
$(window).load(function(){
    $('input:-webkit-autofill').each(function(){
        var text = $(this).val();
        var name = $(this).attr('name');
        $(this).after(this.outerHTML).remove();
        $('input[name=' + name + ']').val(text);
    });
});}

Answer 5

Yes, it would be a major headache, which in my opinion isnt worth the return. Maybe you could tweak your UI strategy a bit, and instead of coloring the box red, you could color the borders red, or put a small red tape beside it (like the gmails "Loading" tape) which fades away when the box is in focus.

Answer 6

I know in Firefox you can use the attribute autocomplete="off" to disable the autocomplete functionality. If this works in Chrome (haven't tested), you could set this attribute when an error is encountered.

This can be used for both a single element

<input type="text" name="name" autocomplete="off">

...as well as for an entire form

<form autocomplete="off" ...>