# Why does my keyboard not hint me?

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**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** composer\
**Created:** [February 4, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-my-keyboard-not-hint-me/254035 "2023-02-04T05:52:53Z")\
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Well, though, the `<textarea ... autocomplete="off">` label doesn’t mean what you think it does…  
Its actual intent is not to cause the browser to generate a drop-down box like this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/0/5/d0568686743bb96be38fce94785391d2426b429e.png)

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