### [How to Create an Autocomplete Field in Your Form](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-create-an-autocomplete-field-in-your-form/)

**Published:** June 20, 2023
**Author:** Editorial Team

**Excerpt:** This tutorial will show you how to turn a Single Line Text field into an autocomplete field using JavaScript and CSS. 

**Content:**

Would you like to create an autocomplete field in your form? Autocomplete functionality can significantly enhance user experience by providing suggestions as users type, saving time, and ensuring data consistency. In this article, we’ll demonstrate how to use JavaScript to implement autocomplete for a text input field with a list of pre-approved answers.

## Creating the form

We’ll begin by creating a new form and adding our fields which will include at least one **Single Line Text** form field. If you need help in creating your form, [please review this helpful guide](https://wpforms.com/docs/creating-first-form/ "Creating Your First Form").

![create your form and add your fields](https://wpforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wpforms-autocomplete-create-form.jpg)

## Creating an autocomplete field

Now it’s time to add this snippet to your site. If you need assistance with where and how to add a custom snippet to your site, [please check out this tutorial](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-add-custom-php-or-javascript-for-wpforms/ "How to Add Custom PHP or JavaScript for WPForms").

```

/**
 * Turn any Single Line Text field into an autocomplete field
 *
 * @link https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-create-an-autocomplete-field-in-your-form/
 */
  
function wpf_dev_text_autocomplete( ) {
?>

**Categories:** Fields

**Tags:** CSS, Javascript, JS

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