# M2O relationship with auto-complete

**URL:** <https://community.directus.com/t/m2o-relationship-with-auto-complete/1439>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** data-modeling\
**Created:** [November 2, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/m2o-relationship-with-auto-complete/1439 "2025-11-02T11:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mrks](https://community.directus.com/u/mrks)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/m2o-relationship-with-auto-complete/1439/1 "2025-11-02T11:38:56Z")

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Hello,

I’ve got a M2O relationship for Project \> Country. When adding a Country to a Project, I’d prefer some kind of auto-complete or type-ahead instead of having to choose a country from a long list. Is this possible? I’m new to Directus and I haven’t found anything in the docs (Directus 11.5.1).

Markus

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**Author:** ![icouto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/icouto/32/940_2.png) [@icouto](https://community.directus.com/u/icouto)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/m2o-relationship-with-auto-complete/1439/2 "2025-11-02T21:37:24Z")

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If you have your countries’ data in a ‘countries’ collection, you could simply use the built-in **[autocomplete field](https://directus.io/docs/guides/data-model/interfaces#autocomplete-input-api)**. There are also some [autocomplete-related extensions](https://directus.io/extensions?q=autocomplete&sort=last_updated:desc) in the marketplace, which could be helpful depending on your specific use-case.