Building autocomplete manually with JavaScript is complex. Datalist provides native autocomplete.
HTML:
<input list="browsers" name="browser" placeholder="Choose browser">
<datalist id="browsers">
<option value="Chrome">
<option value="Firefox">
<option value="Safari">
<option value="Edge">
<option value="Opera">
</datalist>
User types, browser shows matching suggestions. No JavaScript needed!
Features:
– Filters as user types
– Can still type custom value
– Fully accessible
– Works on mobile