How do I get chip like text from user free input using p-autocomplete in angular? (Alternative to p-chip)
08:30 21 Jan 2026

My primeng version got upgraded from "17.18.12" to "19.1.3".

In my "17.18.12" version, I was using "p-chips" component with following attributes:

Using this, everytime I type "," (separator) it used to form chip having cross icon. I could easily have multiple chips.

On my latest upgraded version "19.1.3", Angular suggest to use p-autoComplete.

My "p-autoComplete" component with its attributes looks like:

My requirement is: p-autocomplete should be free text and NOT select words from suggestions. Also, I need grouping to be done like chip with cross icon in chip.

Tried by adding multiple, setting suggestions to []. Not able to achieve.

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