# Autocomplete in bubble

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269 "2019-06-26T19:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![explain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@explain](https://forum.bubble.io/u/explain)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269/1 "2019-06-26T19:59:31Z")

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Hi  
I am trying to build an autocomplete functionality based on the video below.

This used text field and a group focus attached to it. I have a repeating group inside the group focus, which is populated with things from the database based on the criteria that it contains whatever is written in the text field. The groupfocus appears only when a button is clicked.

The problem:  
I want the users to be able to click on one of the items in the dropdown and that should be updated into the text field. I started a workflow for a click on any of the items in the repeating group. Ideally I wanted the text field to be updated with that value. I created a custom state and set the value of the field to be the value of the custom state and updated the value in the workflow. This is not reflecting in the field.

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**Author:** ![fayewatson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/fayewatson/32/2686_2.png) [@fayewatson](https://forum.bubble.io/u/fayewatson)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269/2 "2019-06-27T06:30:46Z")

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Hi there 🙂 Welcome to the forum! Can you share a link to your app editor and/or share screenshots of your setup? (In order to temporarily share a link to your app editor, you can go to Settings --\> General --\> Application Rights and select “everyone can edit” or "everyone can view from the dropdown. Then, copy the editor’s URL and paste it in a new forum reply there. That will allow us to take a look at the workflows.)

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**Author:** ![manikandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@manikandan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/manikandan)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269/3 "2019-06-27T11:59:19Z")

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Hi @explain,

Please check out below forum url,

> [@AutoFill Search Function improvement](http://forum.bubble.io/t/autofill-search-function-improvement/1073):
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> I was testing the AutoComplete Search function out and I thought I would share an idea on how to improve the functionality of the dynamic choices. From my understanding, currently the dynamic choices of the AutoComplete Search are treated as Data Types. This poses a particular problem when working with Repeating Groups. For example: I want to create a search result (using a Repeating Group) for businesses that contains the word “wing.” Suppose I have two businesses called “Wing Stop” and “Wing…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/autocomplete-in-bubble/60269/4 "2019-09-04T19:59:34Z")

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