37 design examples manually annotated by Baymard researchers
What’s this? Here you’ll find 37 annotated “Search Autocomplete” design examples from Baymard’s UX benchmark of 60 major e-commerce sites. (Note: this is less than 1% of the full research catalog.)
In usability testing we observe that the search autocomplete guides users on what to search for. This makes the autocomplete logic critical as it actively will alter what users end up searching for. In practice we observe several autocompletes that end up doing more harm than good, as they mislead users into performing futile searches. The mobile autocomplete is particular difficult to get right as the user interface suffers from an already small screen on mobile, combined with the user’s touch keyboard being shown at the same time (taking almost 50% of the screen).
More ‘Search Autocomplete’ Insights
Learn More: Besides exploring the 37 mobile “Autocomplete” design examples below, you may also want to read our related articles “Allow Mobile Users to ‘Search Within’ Their Current Category - 94% Don’t” and “8 Design Patterns for Autocomplete Suggestions”.
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Musician's Friend (2015)
2 adhered 3 violated
Hayneedle (2015)
2 adhered 2 violated
Etsy (2015)
2 adhered 0 violated
Dell (2015)
2 adhered 4 violated
Staples (2015)
2 adhered 4 violated
HP (2015)
1 adhered 4 violated
Bass Pro Shops (2015)
1 adhered 0 violated
Urban Outfitters (2015)
1 adhered 1 violated
Walgreens (2015)
1 adhered 0 violated
Sears (2015)
1 adhered 1 violated
B&H Photo (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Barnes & Noble (2015)
0 adhered 4 violated
Disney Store (2015)
0 adhered 4 violated
Nike (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Victoria’s Secret (2015)
0 adhered 3 violated
Northern Tool (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Crutchfield (2015)
0 adhered 2 violated
Foot Locker (2015)
0 adhered 0 violated
Gilt (2015)
0 adhered 2 violated
Sephora (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Toys'R'Us (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Amazon (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
American Eagle Outfitters (2015)
0 adhered 4 violated
J.C. Penney (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Gap (2015)
0 adhered 2 violated
Macy's (2015)
0 adhered 0 violated
Walmart (2015)
0 adhered 2 violated
Newegg (2015)
0 adhered 0 violated
Nordstrom (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Kohl's (2015)
0 adhered 1 violated
Grainger (2014)
2 adhered 0 violated
Target (2014)
2 adhered 0 violated
Home Depot (2014)
1 adhered 1 violated
Wayfair (2014)
1 adhered 0 violated
Williams-Sonoma (2014)
1 adhered 0 violated
Lowe's (2014)
0 adhered 1 violated
Office Depot (2014)
0 adhered 1 violated