alphagov/accessible-autocomplete

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An autocomplete component, built to be accessible.

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In the last 30 days, alphagov/accessible-autocomplete merged 4 of 12 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 4 days. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars: 956
Forks: 166
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 155
Avg merge: 3d 22h
Merged PRs (30d): 9

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Oct 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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Update project to target Node.js LTS
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Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 75/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#826 · Opened Oct 19, 2026

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GitHub website is deployed against main but not what the latest release is
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#797 · Opened Sep 10, 2026

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Inconsistent Screen Reader Experience for AB Text Entry Field
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#793 · Opened Aug 10, 2026

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HTML Attribute Errors
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#790 · 1 comment · Opened May 7, 2026

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Focus does not work as expected when `<li>` items overflow `max-height`
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#789 · 3 comments · Opened May 5, 2026

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HTML injection vulnerability
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#786 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 30, 2026

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Update Netlify build to run ubuntu-24.04
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#785 · Opened Jan 13, 2026

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When used as a search bar like the govuk frontend documentation page the IOS keyboard 'go/search' button doesn't submit the form
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#775 · 1 comment · Opened May 21, 2025

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Screen reader user cannot navigate to the list of country options using the swiping motion
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#773 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 28, 2025

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Dropdown arrow does not change colour in high contrast mode
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#772 · Opened Mar 24, 2025

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When visiting a link containing a targeted hash component, the select is opened
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#771 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 25, 2025

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Confusing selected states when using multiple selection methods
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#770 · Opened Jan 7, 2025

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Crashes on Node 22.12.0
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#767 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 10, 2024

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Add infrastructure to more easily apply visual cue for zoom users enhancement
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#755 · Opened Oct 29, 2024

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value-error missing from aria-describedBy
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#752 · Opened Oct 7, 2024

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Can't dismiss the autocomplete by tapping outside the component on an iPhone
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#718 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 5, 2024

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Bundle size query (and 8kB version)
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#712 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 25, 2024

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Focus management on list dismissal (Escape Key)
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#692 · Opened Apr 10, 2024

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Suggestion list disappears when clicking scrollbar in chrome
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#680 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 6, 2024

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Ensure tests fail when an uncaught error or unhandled rejection happens in the browser
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#679 · Opened Mar 5, 2024

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Two screenreader user reccomendations on results
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#671 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 26, 2024

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Query: Entering 'autocomplete list box' on desktop & mobile devices
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#660 · Opened Feb 16, 2024

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showAllValues not working
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#623 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2024

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hook for keyboard down or when user start typing
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#619 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 11, 2023

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Is there anyway to make the assistiveHint attribute optional?
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#607 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 7, 2023

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Value of input not being updated by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#605 · 18 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2023

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Dynamically set the autocomplete value
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#601 · Opened Sep 28, 2023

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unsetting the value that is been set is not working
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#599 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2023

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How to set new displayed input value on confirm
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#597 · Opened Aug 25, 2023

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Narrator goes into "scan" mode when using arrow keys
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#594 · Opened May 28, 2023

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enhanceSelectElement reset content if user input does not match selection
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#592 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 26, 2023

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Regression: assistive hints are broken in 2.04
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#590 · Opened Apr 20, 2023

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enhanceSelectElement does not correctly link to existing hint or error message
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#589 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2023

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Highlight auto complete text input on server error
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#588 · Opened Apr 3, 2023

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Entering value not in the source allows submission
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#587 · 15 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2023

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Using hint with enhanceSelectElement
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#586 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2023

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Groups for Source data
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#584 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 27, 2023

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Hitting escape clears the input field focus class as well as the combo box
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#575 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 5, 2022

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Making autoselect similar to w3 recommendation
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#573 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 22, 2022

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Support for ipadOS and VoiceOver
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#567 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 6, 2022

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Aria-selected not being set (with fix)
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#566 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 30, 2022

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reset to the default value
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#562 · Opened Aug 9, 2022

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Errors upon using <Autocomplete> with preact
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#560 · 5 reactions · Opened Jul 14, 2022

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Remove placeholder example
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accessibility

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#555 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2022

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showAllValues not working with Custom results
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#554 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 22, 2022

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Can't make it work using rollup.js
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#552 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 16, 2022

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Can't access the input with voice control
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#551 · Opened Mar 3, 2022

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When clearing whole text in one go neither `source`/`onConfirm` are called
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#548 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 26, 2022

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Support for typescript
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#535 · 4 reactions · Opened Jan 31, 2022

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Our plans to maintain this component
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

alphagov/accessible-autocomplete#532 · 20 comments · Opened Jan 18, 2022

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