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The query completion can also be SSR. The example below is HTMX for Active Search, but the principle is the same:

I suppose that is a rather neat way to do it.

SSR doesn't mean "no JavaScript." See "progressive enhancement."

html native datalist?

The behaviour of an HTML datalist is basically completely different in every browser. It is a highly flawed element.

there probably is a jQuery plugin for that /s