[feat]: Autocomplete component. An Autocomplete is not a combobox nor a command component.

[samuelkarani]

Feature description

Shadcn is lacking the Autocomplete component. This is an input text/search that shows a popover when focused or when typing otherwise no popover is shown (unlike command component). Also the trigger for the popover/dropdown is the input component only being focussed or receiving text input, and not some additional component (unlike the combobox component)

Example of a custom shadcn autocomplete component: https://www.armand-salle.fr/post/autocomplete-select-shadcn-ui
Example of an standalone autocomplete npm package: https://react-autosuggest.js.org/
Example from mantine ui: https://mantine.dev/core/autocomplete

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[kachkaev]

I believe this is a duplicate of #173.

[alkadoHs]

I been looking for this as well, thanks for the examples

[samuelkarani]

I believe this is a duplicate of #173.

Actually it is not, but it's related.

[shadcn]

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[ersinakinci]

Hey, @samuelkarani is right. #173 is mislabeled. There are now a few closed issues as well as comments within #173 explaining that combobox !== autocomplete, but these seem to be buried by commenters who are confusing the two.

Autocomplete should be like a freeform input textbox that allows you to enter any text you want, and it also allows you to select from a list. #173 and others are, as far as I can tell, mostly about modifying the combobox format so that the popover is triggered by a textbox. The user is still fundamentally forced to pick an option.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, this is the desired behavior: https://mantine.dev/core/autocomplete/

@shadcn can we reopen this issue? I think the desire for this component is greater than might appear at first blush, people keep asking for it but it's spread out across different issues and comments.