autocapitalize = “words” puts first two letter in uppercase Safari iOS 8, 9

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Created Sep ’15

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Using the default iOS keyboard in Safari iOS 8x and 9x when an input uses the HTML attribute autocapitalize="words" the first 2 letters of the input field are set to uppercase, I'm amazed this has been present since 8.x and has passed under the radar.

Official documentation says is supported: https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariHTMLRef/Articles/Attributes.html

To test, open thee following field on iOS emulator or real device:

First name: <input type="text" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="words" value="First Name">

You can use http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_form_submit to test.

Juanca

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trilogyint OP

Dec ’15

I'm experiencing this issue as well. Appears to be a bug.

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bengala OP

Jul ’16

Since almost one year ago, i am having this same issue. Hope to get a fix soon.

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kevnk OP

Sep ’16

😢 Still an issue for me (on version iOS 10.0.1).

If I have autocapitalize="words" on an input and typed "the string theory", it would come out "THe sTring tHeory" — so that's pretty disappointing...

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jplevene OP

Nov ’16

Same problem. Tested on Android, all is fine. Seems to be an IOS bug that needs to be fixed.

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kinkou OP

Apr ’17

The problem still exists (iOS 10.3.1). I submitted a bug report and they answered that the bug had already been registered under n. 18416327

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agrublev OP

Apr ’17

Created a polyfill that fixes this

https://github.com/agrublev/autocapitalize

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Brian44 OP

Sep ’20

4 years later and this is STILL a problem.... why is this even an issue? and why are there so few complaining about it? I assume not many people are using the "words" option..... but I find that it's useful..... say, if someone is entering their full name. In any event.... it's STILL BROKE. So my name always inputs like this: BRian lAstname.

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