diff --git a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
index a61cfba2..0727df47 100644
--- a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
+++ b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ class UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks {
 						<span class='search-label'></span>
 					</div>
 					<div class='ten columns'>
-						<input type='text' class='filterinput' id='languagefilter' placeholder='Language search' bound='true'/>
+						<div id='search-input-block'>
+							<input type='text' class='filterinput' id='filtersuggestion' disabled='true' autocomplete='off' role='textbox'  bound='true'/>
+							<input type='text' class='filterinput' data-suggestion='filtersuggestion' id='languagefilter' placeholder='Language search' bound='true'/>
+						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div class='one column'>
 						<span class='clear-button'></span>
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 52c9c761..5f0db596 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@
 						<div class="one column">
 							<span class="search-label"></span>
 						</div>
-						<div class="ten columns">
-							<input type="text" class="filterinput" id="languagefilter" placeholder="Language search" autocomplete="off" role="textbox" style="" bound="true"/>
+						<div  class="ten columns">
+							<div id="search-input-block">
+								<input type="text" class="filterinput" id="filtersuggestion" disabled="true" autocomplete="off"/>
+								<input type="text" class="filterinput" id="languagefilter" data-suggestion="filtersuggestion" placeholder="Language search" autocomplete="off"/>
+							</div>
 						</div>
 						<div class="one column">
 							<span class="clear-button"></span>
diff --git a/resources/css/ext.uls.css b/resources/css/ext.uls.css
index dc2dce37..fe6c9742 100644
--- a/resources/css/ext.uls.css
+++ b/resources/css/ext.uls.css
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	display: none;
 	min-width: 715px;
 	margin-top: 1px;
-	width:45%;
+	width: 45%;
 	/* Styling */
 	background-color: #ffffff;
 	border: 1px solid #ccc;
@@ -120,13 +120,9 @@ input#languagefilter {
 	-moz-transition: all 0.15s linear 0s;
 	border-radius: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
 	box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
-	color: #777;
+	color: #333;
 	display: block;
-	font-size: 14px;
-	height: 32px;
-	padding: 6px;
-	width: 100%;
-	text-align: left;
+	background-color: transparent;
 }
 input:focus#languagefilter {
 	border: 1px solid #08C;
@@ -157,3 +153,27 @@ span.clear-button {
 	width: 32px;
 	margin-left: -32px;
 }
+
+.filterinput {
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0px;
+	left: 0px;
+	font-size: 14px;
+	height: 32px;
+	padding: 6px;
+	width: 100%;
+	text-align: left;
+}
+
+#filtersuggestion {
+	background-color: white;
+	color: #888;
+	border: 1px transparent;
+	border-radius: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
+	box-shadow: 0 1px 2px transparent inset;
+	left: 1px;
+}
+
+#search-input-block {
+	position: relative;
+}
diff --git a/resources/ext.uls.languagefilter.js b/resources/ext.uls.languagefilter.js
index 82e0fd28..5730f98b 100644
--- a/resources/ext.uls.languagefilter.js
+++ b/resources/ext.uls.languagefilter.js
@@ -31,21 +31,35 @@
 		this.options = $.extend( {}, $.fn.regionselector.defaults, options );
 		this.$element.addClass( 'languagefilter' );
 		this.resultCount = 0;
+		this.$suggestion = $( '#' + this.$element.data( 'suggestion' ) );
 		this.listen();
 	};
 
 	LanguageFilter.prototype = {
 
 		listen: function() {
-			this.$element.on( 'keyup', $.proxy( this.keyup, this ));
+			this.$element.on( 'keypress', $.proxy( this.keyup, this ) )
+				.on( 'keyup', $.proxy( this.keyup, this ) );
 			if ( $.browser.webkit || $.browser.msie ) {
 				this.$element.on( 'keydown', $.proxy( this.keyup, this ) );
 			}
 		},
 
 		keyup: function( e ) {
-			this.options.$target.empty();
-			this.search();
+			switch( e.keyCode ) {
+				case 9: // Tab -> Autocomplete
+					var suggestion = this.$suggestion.val();
+					if ( suggestion && suggestion !== this.$element.val() ) {
+						this.$element.val( suggestion );
+						e.preventDefault();
+						e.stopPropagation();
+					} else {
+					 	this.options.$target.focus();
+					}
+				default:
+					this.options.$target.empty();
+					this.search();
+			}
 		},
 
 		search: function() {
@@ -57,6 +71,10 @@
 				for ( langNum = 0; langNum < languages[scriptGroup].length; langNum++ ) {
 					langCode = languages[scriptGroup][langNum];
 					if ( query === "" || this.filter( langCode, query ) ) {
+						if ( this.resultCount === 0 ) {
+							// Autofill the first result.
+							this.autofill( langCode );
+						}
 						this.render( langCode );
 						this.resultCount++;
 					}
@@ -94,6 +112,30 @@
 			}
 		},
 
+		autofill: function( langCode ) {
+			if ( !this.$suggestion.length ) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if ( !this.$element.val() ) {
+				this.$suggestion.val( '' );
+				return;
+			}
+			var autonym,
+				languageName = this.options.languages[langCode],
+				userInput = this.$element.val(),
+				suggestion = userInput + languageName.substring( userInput.length, languageName.length );
+			if ( suggestion !== languageName ) {
+				// see if it was autonym match
+				autonym = $.uls.data.autonym( langCode );
+				suggestion = userInput + autonym.substring( userInput.length, autonym.length );
+				if ( suggestion !== autonym ) {
+					// Give up. It may be iso/script code match.
+					suggestion = "";
+				}
+			}
+			this.$suggestion.val( suggestion );
+		},
+
 		render: function( langCode, languageName ) {
 			var $target = this.options.$target;
 			if ( !$target ) {
@@ -103,14 +145,15 @@
 		},
 
 		escapeRegex: function( value ) {
-			return value.replace( /[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&" );
+			// This is a prefix search.
+			return value.replace( /^[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&" );
 		},
 
 		/**
 		 * A search match happens if any of the following passes:
 		 * a) Language name in current user interface language
-		 * 'starts with' or 'contains' search string.
-		 * b) Language autonym 'starts with' or 'contains' search string.
+		 * 'starts with' search string.
+		 * b) Language autonym 'starts with' search string.
 		 * c) ISO 639 code match with search string.
 		 * d) ISO 15924 code for the script match the search string.
 		 */