I would like to combine the autocomplete feature with a multiselect mat-select chooser because the optionslist will be quite long. I've already searched on stackoverflow for the answer and the closest to an answer was this implement a search filter for the <mat-select> component of angular material However the examples are about table and not mat-select. My question is, is it possible to add the autocomplete feature to mat-select. And if not could i make an autocomplete that includes checkboxes in front of each item in the list? Thank you EDIT: I've found out that primefaces for angular does have a multiselect list that allows you to search for listitems. It also includes a builtin select-all button! You can find it here https://www.primefaces.org/primeng/#/multiselect You can install primefaces with npm install primeng --save Continue reading...