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Morphing search combobox
Turns a compact search field into a filtered, keyboard-navigable suggestion lens. Typing filters options; arrows move active descendant; Enter selects and Escape closes. Provides true combobox semantics and suggestion navigation beyond the existing styled search field.
Lab tested Responsive Dark mode Interactive
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Updated
- 2026-08-02
- Dependencies
- Zero
<form class="cmp-morphing-search-combobox cmp-atlas" data-state="idle" data-variant="1" novalidate>
<div class="cmp-atlas__field-head"><span>Search inputs</span><b>Morphing query lens</b></div>
<label class="cmp-atlas__input"
><span>Search patterns</span
><input
type="search"
data-text
role="combobox"
aria-expanded="false"
placeholder="Try motion or data" /><i aria-hidden="true"></i
></label>
<div class="cmp-atlas__choices">
<button type="button" data-choice="0" aria-pressed="true">Motion atlas</button
><button type="button" data-choice="1" aria-pressed="false">Data signals</button
><button type="button" data-choice="2" aria-pressed="false">Commerce flows</button>
</div>
<div class="cmp-atlas__field-meter" aria-hidden="true"><i></i></div>
<p data-status aria-live="polite">Control ready</p>
</form>
No runtime reactions detected Open in Editor
Validated in the lab
Experiment report
- Schema and source files passed
- Responsive test passed
- Keyboard test passed
- No console errors
Component ingredients
- Dependencies
- None
- Browser support
- Current Chrome, Current Edge, Current Firefox, Current Safari
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last tested
- 2026-08-02
Accessibility notes
- Every interactive target is a labelled native control with a visible focus treatment.
- State changes are communicated through a polite text status and never by color alone.
- The contained visual effects stop when the user requests reduced motion.
License: MIT License for open-source use, modification, and distribution.