Autocomplete

Free-text input with a filtered suggestion popup.

import {
  Autocomplete,
  AutocompleteContent,
  AutocompleteEmpty,
  AutocompleteInput,
  AutocompleteItem,
  AutocompleteList,
} from '@/components/ui/autocomplete';

const tags = [
  'feature',
  'fix',
  'bug',
  'docs',
  'internal',
  'mobile',
  'performance',
  'refactor',
];

export default function AutocompleteDemo() {
  return (
    <Autocomplete items={tags}>
      <AutocompleteInput placeholder="Search tags…" />
      <AutocompleteContent>
        <AutocompleteEmpty>No tags found.</AutocompleteEmpty>
        <AutocompleteList>
          {(tag: string) => (
            <AutocompleteItem key={tag} value={tag}>
              {tag}
            </AutocompleteItem>
          )}
        </AutocompleteList>
      </AutocompleteContent>
    </Autocomplete>
  );
}

Install

npx shadcn@latest add @madeui/autocomplete

Usage

import {
  Autocomplete,
  AutocompleteContent,
  AutocompleteEmpty,
  AutocompleteInput,
  AutocompleteItem,
  AutocompleteList,
} from '@/components/ui/autocomplete';

Composition

<Autocomplete items={items}>
  <AutocompleteInput />
  <AutocompleteContent>
    <AutocompleteEmpty />
    <AutocompleteList>
      {(item) => <AutocompleteItem value={item} />}
    </AutocompleteList>
  </AutocompleteContent>
</Autocomplete>

Auto highlight

Set autoHighlight to highlight the first matching item as the user types, so pressing Enter accepts it without arrowing down first.

import {
  Autocomplete,
  AutocompleteContent,
  AutocompleteEmpty,
  AutocompleteInput,
  AutocompleteItem,
  AutocompleteList,
} from '@/components/ui/autocomplete';

const countries = [
  'Canada',
  'France',
  'Germany',
  'Italy',
  'Japan',
  'Norway',
  'Spain',
  'Turkey',
];

export default function AutocompleteAutoHighlight() {
  return (
    <Autocomplete items={countries} autoHighlight>
      <AutocompleteInput placeholder="Search countries…" />
      <AutocompleteContent>
        <AutocompleteEmpty>No countries found.</AutocompleteEmpty>
        <AutocompleteList>
          {(country: string) => (
            <AutocompleteItem key={country} value={country}>
              {country}
            </AutocompleteItem>
          )}
        </AutocompleteList>
      </AutocompleteContent>
    </Autocomplete>
  );
}

Both filter a list as you type. Combobox selects from a fixed set — the value must be one of the options. Autocomplete is a free-text input where the list only suggests: any typed value is allowed. (Command is the same primitive in inline mode, rendered as a palette.)

API reference

Built on Base UI Autocomplete. Pass items to Autocomplete; filtering and highlight ship with the primitive, and AutocompleteList accepts a render function over the filtered items. All other props are forwarded to the Base UI parts (filter, onValueChange, openOnInputClick, …); see the Base UI Autocomplete API reference.

AutocompleteContent

Prop	Type	Default
`side`	`'top' \| 'right' \| 'bottom' \| 'left'`	`'bottom'`
`sideOffset`	`number`	`6`
`align`	`'start' \| 'center' \| 'end'`	`'start'`
`alignOffset`	`number`	`0`

Every part accepts a style prop (StyleXStyles, merged last).