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Probably not. Its really just a standalone autocomplete. theres limited value on top if you're using your own UX.

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Ok so apparently my issue was that I was trying to use the autocomplete state instead of the hooks provided by react-instantsearch-hooks. Which bears the question, is it possible to use the autocomplete state directly? Forgive me if I am missing something, but I don't see what's the benefit of using the autocomplete.js library if all the state needs to be handled manually with the hooks.

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thanks for digging in further @alessandrojcm - The autocomplete js library is decoupled from instantsearch. Its by design so that even vue / angular implementations can use autocomplete.js library. So to update the state, its expected to use the framework specific instantsearch implementatiion. I agree it could be better. Hope that makes sense!

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Hey @joemcelroy thanks, yeah that makes sense. Another question tho, if I am custom rendering all the autocomplete output (ie using a component library) does it make sense to use autocomplete.js at all? Or just the hooks + my custom component will suffice?

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