autocomplete="off" force in browser

Question

I have a login form and I NEED to force autocomplete to off. i have tried

jquery: $('#login').attr("autocomplete", "off");

HTML: <input ... autocomplete="off">

Javascript: document.getElementById('myInputId').autocomplete = 'off';

When I click the login input box a drop down appears across all browsers FF, Chrome, IE..

N.B. this applies to users who have previously saved password information They need to forced to enter login details

Answer 1

Or add with jQuery: $("input, select, textarea").attr("autocomplete", "off");