Detecting Browser Autofill

Question

How do you tell if a browser has auto filled a text-box? Especially with username & password boxes that autofill around page load.

My first question is when does

Answer 1

This is solution for browsers with webkit render engine. When the form is autofilled, the inputs will get pseudo class :-webkit-autofill- (f.e. input:-webkit-autofill {...}). So this is the identifier what you must check via JavaScript.

Solution with some test form:

<form action="#" method="POST" class="js-filled_check">

    <fieldset>

        <label for="test_username">Test username:</label>
        <input type="text" id="test_username" name="test_username" value="">

        <label for="test_password">Test password:</label>
        <input type="password" id="test_password" name="test_password" value="">

        <button type="submit" name="test_submit">Test submit</button>

    </fieldset>

</form>

And javascript:

$(document).ready(function() {

    setTimeout(function() {

        $(".js-filled_check input:not([type=submit])").each(function (i, element) {

            var el = $(this),
                autofilled = (el.is("*:-webkit-autofill")) ? el.addClass('auto_filled') : false;

            console.log("element: " + el.attr("id") + " // " + "autofilled: " + (el.is("*:-webkit-autofill")));

        });

    }, 200);

});

Problem when the page loads is get password value, even length. This is because browser's security. Also the timeout, it's because browser will fill form after some time sequence.

This code will add class auto_filled to filled inputs. Also, I tried to check input type password value, or length, but it's worked just after some event on the page happened. So I tried trigger some event, but without success. For now this is my solution. Enjoy!

Answer 2

There is a new polyfill component to address this issue on github. Have a look at autofill-event. Just need to bower install it and voilà, autofill works as expected.

bower install autofill-event

Answer 3

Here is CSS solution taken from Klarna UI team. See their nice implementation here resource

Works fine for me.

input:-webkit-autofill {
  animation-name: onAutoFillStart;
  transition: background-color 50000s ease-in-out 0s;
}
input:not(:-webkit-autofill) {
  animation-name: onAutoFillCancel;
}

Answer 4

I have perfect solution for this question try this code snippet.
Demo is here

function ModernForm() {
    var modernInputElement = $('.js_modern_input');

    function recheckAllInput() {
        modernInputElement.each(function() {
            if ($(this).val() !== '') {
                $(this).parent().find('label').addClass('focus');
            }
        });
    }

    modernInputElement.on('click', function() {
        $(this).parent().find('label').addClass('focus');
    });
    modernInputElement.on('blur', function() {
        if ($(this).val() === '') {
            $(this).parent().find('label').removeClass('focus');
        } else {
            recheckAllInput();
        }
    });
}

ModernForm();

.form_sec {
  padding: 30px;
}
.form_sec .form_input_wrap {
  position: relative;
}
.form_sec .form_input_wrap label {
  position: absolute;
  top: 25px;
  left: 15px;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 600;
  z-index: 1;
  color: #333;
  -webkit-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -moz-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -ms-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -o-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
}
.form_sec .form_input_wrap label.focus {
  top: 5px;
  color: #a7a9ab;
  font-weight: 300;
  -webkit-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -moz-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -ms-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  -o-transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
  transition: all ease-in-out 0.35s;
}
.form_sec .form_input {
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #333;
  border: none;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #d3d4d5;
  padding: 30px 0 5px 0;
  outline: none;
}
.form_sec .form_input.err {
  border-bottom-color: #888;
}
.form_sec .cta_login {
  border: 1px solid #ec1940;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background-color: #ec1940;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 500;
  text-align: center;
  color: #ffffff;
  padding: 15px 40px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  display: inline-block;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form class="form_sec">
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <div class="form-group col-lg-6 col-md-6 form_input_wrap">
            <label>
                Full Name
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <div class="form-group form_input_wrap col-lg-6 col-md-6">
            <label>
                Emaill
            </label>
            <input type="email" name="email" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <div class="form-group form_input_wrap col-lg-12 col-md-12">
            <label>
                Address Line 1
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="address" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <div class="form-group col-lg-6 col-md-6 form_input_wrap">
            <label>
                City
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="city" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
        <div class="form-group col-lg-6 col-md-6 form_input_wrap">
            <label>
                State
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="state" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <div class="form-group col-lg-6 col-md-6 form_input_wrap">
            <label>
                Country
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="country" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
        <div class="form-group col-lg-4 col-md-4 form_input_wrap">
            <label>
                Pin
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="pincode" class="form_input js_modern_input">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row cta_sec">
        <div class="col-lg-12">
            <button type="submit" class="cta_login">Submit</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</form>

Answer 5

I used this solution for same problem.

HTML code should change to this:

<input type="text" name="username" />
<input type="text" name="password" id="txt_password" />

and jQuery code should be in document.ready:

$('#txt_password').focus(function(){
    $(this).attr('type','password');
});

Answer 6

I was looking for a similar thing. Chrome only... In my case the wrapper div needed to know if the input field was autofilled. So I could give it extra css just like Chrome does on the input field when it autofills it. By looking at all the answers above my combined solution was the following:

/* 
 * make a function to use it in multiple places
 */
var checkAutoFill = function(){
    $('input:-webkit-autofill').each(function(){
        $(this).closest('.input-wrapper').addClass('autofilled');
    });
}

/* 
 * Put it on the 'input' event 
 * (happens on every change in an input field)
 */
$('html').on('input', function() {
    $('.input-wrapper').removeClass('autofilled');
    checkAutoFill();
});

/*
 * trigger it also inside a timeOut event 
 * (happens after chrome auto-filled fields on page-load)
 */
setTimeout(function(){ 
    checkAutoFill();
}, 0);

The html for this to work would be

<div class="input-wrapper">
    <input type="text" name="firstname">
</div>