Base UI Selection and Typeahead

Use this skill for all list-driven input and selection components.

Covered

• Autocomplete

• Combobox

• Select

Routing cues

• "typeahead", "filtering", "search input", "controlled value", "select vs combobox", "free text", "list empty" → this skill

Canonical references

• https://base-ui.com/react/components/autocomplete

• https://base-ui.com/react/components/combobox

• https://base-ui.com/react/components/select

Maintenance

• Snapshot date: 2026-02-13

• Refresh cadence: quarterly

• Upstream changelog anchor: https://github.com/mui/base-ui/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

References

• Selection and controlled-value patterns

• Typeahead/filter behavior