[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42772: Have a way to turn off autocomplete of tags in Custom HTML widget

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#42772: Have a way to turn off autocomplete of tags in Custom HTML widget
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 Reporter:  theresajennings2011  |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request      |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:
Component:  Widgets              |     Version:  4.9
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:                       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by AndrewKantor):

 I second this. It's incredibly annoying, especially as it's a relatively
 new widget and even suggests that users migrate to it from the standard
 text widget. If you do migrate, you're likely to need to ''edit'' the
 text, not write from scratch.

 Not only is the forced autocomplete annoying, as soon as you start to type
 the closing tag it autofills it. So I end up with <p>Whatever text</p>p>
 because I'm typing that closing tag.

 (Honestly it's a great ''idea'', just a poor implementation. It only works
 well if you're typing from scratch, not if you're looking to re-use
 content. It needs a way to turn of autocomplete.)

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