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Type ahead, pick fast.
The native datalist combobox beside a custom suggestion list with highlighted matches — autocomplete, two ways, no dependency.
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mobile · touch-suggestMatches highlight as you type.
mobile design patterns
combobox-touch-suggest.css
/* Touch suggestions */
.touch-combo {
display: grid;
gap: 0.6rem;
}
.touch-combo input {
block-size: 3.25rem;
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 0.9rem;
background: var(--card);
padding: 0 1rem;
font-size: 0.95rem;
font-weight: 500;
}
.touch-combo [role="listbox"] {
display: grid;
gap: 0.4rem;
max-block-size: 16rem;
overflow: auto;
}
.touch-combo [role="option"] {
min-block-size: 3rem;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
text-align: start;
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 0.9rem;
background: var(--card);
padding: 0 1rem;
font-size: 0.9rem;
font-weight: 500;
transition: background-color 0.1s ease, border-color 0.1s ease;
}
.touch-combo [role="option"]:hover {
background: var(--accent);
border-color: var(--ring);
}
.touch-combo mark {
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 22%, transparent);
color: inherit;
border-radius: 0.2rem;
}CSS features used
- • datalist + list attribute
- • role=listbox / option
- • aria-expanded / aria-controls
- • color-mix() highlight
- • position: absolute popover
- • Semantic tokens
