Change browser defaults for InstantSearch.js
If you don’t use the built-in InstantSearch or Autocomplete components to render a search box, you need to change the default properties of the HTML input element to turn off the default autocomplete behavior of the browser.
A classic search HTML input looks like:
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<input type="text" id="search" />
When a user starts typing into this input, the browser may use its default search-as-you-type behavior, which interferes with the custom search box. This guide describes how to avoid this behavior.
Updating input attributes# A
Set these attributes on the HTML input element to turn off the browser’s default behavior:
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<input type="text"
id="search"
autocomplete="off"
autocorrect="off"
autocapitalize="none"
spellcheck="false" />
In Chrome, autocomplete="off" doesn’t work.
In Chrome, you can turn off autocomplete by setting the attribute to an invalid value like autocomplete="nope".
The same solution doesn’t work in Firefox (it disregards the invalid value and reverts to the default autocompletion behavior).
More information about input attributes# A
For more information, see these MDN references:
