downshift-js/downshift

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Downshift is a set of React primitives (hooks and a render-prop component) for building accessible autocomplete, combobox, select, and tag-group components. It implements the WAI-ARIA 1.2 combobox and select design patterns while leaving full control of the UI to the developer.

Use cases

• build an accessible autocomplete input in React
• create a custom combobox following WAI-ARIA patterns
• implement a select dropdown with full styling control
• add a multi-select combobox with tags
• build a typeahead search box with keyboard navigation
• make a tag group input where users can add and remove items

When to choose

• you need WAI-ARIA compliant combobox or select behavior in React
• you want headless primitives so you can fully customize markup and styling
• you need keyboard navigation, focus management, and screen reader support out of the box
• you are building multi-select or tag input experiences

When to avoid

• you are not using React or Preact
• you want pre-styled, ready-made dropdown components with visuals included
• you need a simple native select and don't require custom behavior

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components state-management form-handling accessibility web-development frontend accessibility browser react autocomplete combobox select-dropdown wai-aria hooks render-props multiselect typeahead web-server nodejs

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