Define the autocorrect attribute as standard

[annevk]

It's being added to HTML in whatwg/html#5841 and is already implemented by Chrome and Safari per comments there. (MDN seems to only list Safari though.)

[hamishwillee]

@annevk I can't see evidence that Chrome actually implemented this in that link - and it doesn't pass the tests https://wpt.live/html/editing/editing-0/autocorrection/autocorrection.html except for "Test autocorrection in an editing host.".

Am I missing something?

PS And safari doesn't pass all the tests either. So we'll need some nuance in the browser compatibility data.

[annevk]

I'm not sure. In the HTML PR someone pointed out Chromium code that shows there's an implementation, but perhaps it never shipped. It also wasn't fully compliant.

Safari should soonish ship fully compliant behavior. The failing tests are not something I would expect web developers to run into when using this though. See WebKit/WebKit@28a8a4b for the changes made to WebKit if you're interested.

[danielhjacobs]

This was the Chromium code seemingly: https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/renderer/core/editing/ime/input_method_controller.cc;l=1711-1716;drc=f83b758b5980e3fb3eafa11bab38116206907459

[hamishwillee]

Fixed by #35692