diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/Autocomplete.svelte b/frontend/src/Components/Autocomplete.svelte
index ad859226..35a02c88 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/Autocomplete.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/Autocomplete.svelte
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 
 
     let {
+        autofocus     = false,
         getCandidates = dummyGetCandidates,
         onCommit      = dummyOnCommit,
         onSelect      = dummyOnSelect,
+        candidate     = $bindable({ display : '' })
     } = $props();
 
     const ignore   = ['ArrowLeft','ArrowRight'];
-    let candidate  = $state({ display : '' });
+    //let candidate  = $state({ display : '' });
     let selected   = $state([]);
     let candidates = $derived(getCandidates(candidate.display));
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
         // either the selected candidate or
         // an anonymous object with the entered text in the display field
         console.warn(`onCommit(${JSON.stringify(candidate)}) not overridden!`);
+        // if the method returns true, the field will be cleared after committing
+        return true;
     }
 
     function dummyOnSelect(candidate){
@@ -78,8 +82,7 @@
             if (ev.key == 'Enter') {
                 candidates = [];
                 selected = [];
-                onCommit(candidate);
-                candidate = { display : '' };
+                if (onCommit(candidate)) candidate = { display : '' };
             }
             return false;
         }
@@ -97,15 +100,15 @@
 </script>
 
 <style>
-    div { position : relative }
+    span { position : relative }
     select { position : absolute; top: 30px; left: 3px; }
 
     select { background: black; color: orange; border: 1px solid orange; border-radius: 5px; }
     option:checked { background: orange; color: black; }
 </style>
 
-<div>
-    <input type="text" bind:value={candidate.display} {onkeyup} />
+<span>
+    <input type="text" bind:value={candidate.display} {onkeyup} autofocus={autofocus} />
     {#if candidates && candidates.length > 0}
     <select bind:value={selected} {ondblclick} multiple tabindex="-1">
         {#each candidates as candidate,i}
@@ -113,4 +116,4 @@
         {/each}
     </select>
     {/if}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</span>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
index f04f329d..07341024 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
     import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
     import { useTinyRouter } from 'svelte-tiny-router';
 
-    import { api, patch, post, eventStream, target } from '../../urls.svelte.js';
+    import { api, get, patch, post, eventStream, target } from '../../urls.svelte.js';
     import { error, messages, yikes }  from '../../warn.svelte';
     import { t }             from '../../translations.svelte.js';
     import { user }          from '../../user.svelte.js';
 
+    import Autocomplete      from '../../Components/Autocomplete.svelte';
     import Card              from './KanbanCard.svelte';
     import LineEditor        from '../../Components/LineEditor.svelte';
     import MarkdownEditor    from '../../Components/MarkdownEditor.svelte';
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@
     let connectionStatus = 'disconnected';
     let { id }           = $props();
     let descr            = $state(false);
-    let filter_input     = $state('');
+    let filter_input     = $state({display:''});
     let router           = useTinyRouter();
-    if (router.hasQueryParam('filter')) filter_input = router.getQueryParam('filter');
+    if (router.hasQueryParam('filter')) filter_input = {display:router.getQueryParam('filter')};
     let dragged      = null;
     let highlight    = $state({});
-    let filter       = $derived(filter_input.toLowerCase());
+    let filter       = $derived(filter_input.display.toLowerCase());
     let project      = $state(null);
     let tasks        = $state({});
     let users        = [];
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
     let info         = $state(null);
     let task_form    = $state(false);
     let stateList = {};
-    $effect(() => updateUrl(filter_input));
+    $effect(() => updateUrl(filter_input.display));
 
     function byName(a,b) {
         return a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
@@ -92,6 +93,17 @@
         }
     }
 
+    async function getCandidates(input){
+        if (!input || input.length <3) return [];
+        const url = api(`tags/search/${encodeURI(input)}`);
+        const res = await get(url);
+        if (res.ok){
+            yikes();
+            const list = await res.json();
+            return list.map(elem => {return {display:elem}});
+        } else error(res);
+    }
+
     function handleCreateEvent(evt){
         handleEvent(evt,'create');
     }
@@ -191,6 +203,10 @@
         }
     }
 
+    function onCommit(){
+        return false;
+    }
+
     function openTask(task_id){
         window.open(`/task/${task_id}/view`, '_blank').focus();
     }
@@ -219,8 +235,8 @@
         const user_ids = Object.values(project.members).map(member => member.user.id);
         const data = {
             url     : location.href,
-            tags    : ['Kanban', project.name, filter_input],
-            comment : `${project.name}: ${filter_input}`,
+            tags    : ['Kanban', project.name, filter_input.display],
+            comment : `${project.name}: ${filter_input.display}`,
             share   : user_ids
         }
         const url  = api('bookmark');
@@ -239,7 +255,7 @@
 
     function updateUrl(){
         let url = window.location.origin + window.location.pathname;
-        if (filter_input) url += '?filter=' + encodeURI(filter_input);
+        if (filter_input.display) url += '?filter=' + encodeURI(filter_input.display);
         window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', url);
     }
 
@@ -272,7 +288,7 @@
 </fieldset>
 <div class="kanban" style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: {`repeat(${columns}, auto)`}">
     <span class="filter">
-        <input type="text" bind:value={filter_input} autofocus />
+        <Autocomplete {getCandidates} bind:candidate={filter_input} {onCommit} autofocus={true} />
         {t('filter')}
         <button style="visibility:{filter_input ? 'visible' : 'hidden'}" onclick={save_bookmark}>
             <span class="symbol"></span> {t('save_object',{object:t('bookmark')})}