What this means
Common personal details should have the correct purpose identified for the browser. This helps people enter their name, email, address, and phone number with less typing. It is often called autocomplete or autofill.
Passing examples
- An email field is identified for email autofill.
- Address fields identify the street, town, and postal code separately.
- A field asking for the user's name identifies that purpose rather than being an unknown text field.
Failing examples
- All personal-detail fields are treated as unknown text with no identified purpose.
- A street-address field is incorrectly identified as a person's name.
- A phone field is identified for email autofill, producing the wrong suggestion.
A browser may show no suggestions because autofill is off or nothing is saved. That alone does not mean the field fails. An email input type alone does not always identify its autofill purpose.