AutoComplete

You might say

When someone types the first few letters, show suggestions and let them click one to finish the entry.

Show matching suggestions while the user typesAutocomplete works for addresses, contacts, and tags that have common answers but may still allow free text. The user can choose a suggestion or keep typing. If only listed values are valid, use a searchable Select instead.

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Input Select

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Quick checkChoose the best answer

To invite Wang Xiaoming among thousands of employees, which interaction fits?

Offer matching suggestions after typing, then select an existing employeePut every employee in one long SelectAccept arbitrary text and create a new employee with that name

You can say this to an AI Agent

For member invite, query matching employees after at least two characters and send the invite only after a suggestion is selected. Test no result, same-name candidates, and keyboard selection: explain no result, distinguish duplicate names, and submit an employee id after selection.

AutoComplete≠Select

AutoComplete offers matches based on what someone types. Select needs no typing and chooses only from a fixed list.

AutoComplete≠Combobox

A combobox is the complete control of an input plus a popup option list. Autocomplete emphasizes the behavior of showing matches as someone types; component libraries often use the terms differently.

When to use it

Address entry
Contact lookup
Tag suggestions
Search with likely matches

When NOT to use it

Force a suggestion when free text should remain valid
All states
All statesIn progressCompletedExpired
Show unrelated results before enough text is entered
Province / City / DistrictGuangdong ProvinceShenzhenNanshan District
Change the typed value without clear confirmation
AllIn progressCompleted
Use it for a tiny fixed list

Anatomy

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The same type of field users type into for ordinary input

Updates suggestions as the user types

One suggestion; users can move through suggestions with the keyboard

Highlights matching keywords to show why the suggestion appears.

Variants

Search Suggest

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Type candidate words in the search box

Email Suffix

alex.chen@gmail.comalex.chen@qq.com

Semi-fixed format input such as email and URL

History

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Allow users to reselect recently searched content with one click

Grouped

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When candidates are from different types, group them by type for easier identification

Typical use cases

Address form

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Tag editor

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