Hello Ferdinand,

Indeed, the described discrepancy seems a bit counter-intuitive, but is caused by the fact that tabbing out of (or blurring) the AutoComplete results in accepting the value that is currently typed in the Input element, while pressing Enter means explicitly selecting the focused item from the list of options as value, regardless of the exact current value of the Input element.

After discussing the case with our developers, we decided to log an enhancement thread to our public GitHub repository that you can track here:

https://github.com/telerik/kendo-angular/issues/2437

Meanwhile I can suggest the following workaround - handle the blur event handler, and perform some custom logic to check whether the current value exists in the list of options, and if so - adjust the value to match the item from the list, e.g.:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-9rfv7e?file=app/app.component.ts

Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
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Hello Pawel,

It seems that you would like to have the already built-in "Suggest" functionality:

https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/dropdowns/autocomplete/suggestions/

However, it should be enabled via the "suggest" option:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-vkzmvn?file=app/app.component.ts

Please let me know if I am missing something.

Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
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