diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index b032b12d43a..7860b2b504b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyTags = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(_.
             });
         }).bind('hideDropdown', function() {
             self._drop_shown = false;
-        }).bind('hideDropdown', function() {
+        }).bind('showDropdown', function() {
             self._drop_shown = true;
         });
         self.tags = self.$text.textext()[0].tags();
@@ -3342,6 +3342,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyKanban = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(
     disable_utility_classes: true,
     init: function(field_manager, node) {
         this._super(field_manager, node);
+        instance.web.form.CompletionFieldMixin.init.call(this);
         m2m_kanban_lazy_init();
         this.is_loaded = $.Deferred();
         this.initial_is_loaded = this.is_loaded;
@@ -3394,7 +3395,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyKanban = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(
         if (embedded) {
             this.kanban_view.set_embedded_view(embedded);
         }
-        this.kanban_view.m2m_field = this;
+        this.kanban_view.m2m = this;
         var loaded = $.Deferred();
         this.kanban_view.on_loaded.add_last(function() {
             self.initial_is_loaded.resolve();
@@ -3461,6 +3462,7 @@ function m2m_kanban_lazy_init() {
 if (instance.web.form.Many2ManyKanbanView)
     return;
 instance.web.form.Many2ManyKanbanView = instance.web_kanban.KanbanView.extend({
+    quick_create_class: 'instance.web.form.Many2ManyQuickCreate',
     _is_quick_create_enabled: function() {
         return this._super() && ! this.group_by;
     },
@@ -3474,7 +3476,6 @@ instance.web.form.Many2ManyQuickCreate = instance.web.Widget.extend({
      */
     init: function(parent, dataset, context, buttons) {
         this._super(parent);
-        instance.web.form.CompletionFieldMixin.init.call(this);
         this.m2m = this.getParent().view.m2m;
         this._dataset = dataset;
         this._buttons = buttons || false;
@@ -3482,11 +3483,56 @@ instance.web.form.Many2ManyQuickCreate = instance.web.Widget.extend({
     },
     start: function () {
         var self = this;
-        self.$input = this.$element.find('input');
+        self.$text = this.$element.find('input').css("width", "200px");
+        self.$text.textext({
+            plugins : 'arrow autocomplete',
+            autocomplete: {
+                render: function(suggestion) {
+                    return $('<span class="text-label"/>').
+                             data('index', suggestion['index']).html(suggestion['label']);
+                }
+            },
+            ext: {
+                autocomplete: {
+                    selectFromDropdown: function() {
+                        $(this).trigger('hideDropdown');
+                        var index = Number(this.selectedSuggestionElement().children().children().data('index'));
+                        var data = self.search_result[index];
+                        if (data.id) {
+                            self.add_id(data.id);
+                        } else {
+                            data.action();
+                        }
+                    },
+                },
+                itemManager: {
+                    itemToString: function(item) {
+                        return item.name;
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }).bind('getSuggestions', function(e, data) {
+            var _this = this;
+            var str = !!data ? data.query || '' : '';
+            self.m2m.get_search_result(str).then(function(result) {
+                self.search_result = result;
+                $(_this).trigger('setSuggestions', {result : _.map(result, function(el, i) {
+                    return _.extend(el, {index:i});
+                })});
+            });
+        });
+        self.$text.focusout(function() {
+            self.$text.val("");
+        });
     },
     focus: function() {
         this.$element.find('input').focus();
     },
+    add_id: function(id) {
+        self.$input.val("");
+        debugger;
+        self.trigger('added', id);
+    },
 });
 }
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 38d007d5341..b1101fb09d2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1817,11 +1817,7 @@
     </t>
 </t>
 <div t-name="Many2ManyKanban.quick_create" class="oe_kanban_quick_create">
-    <input t-att-placeholder="_t('Type name to create')"/>
-    <t t-if="widget._buttons">
-        <button class="oe-kanban-quick_create_add">Add</button>
-        <button class="oe-kanban-quick_create_close">Close</button>
-    </t>
+    <input t-att-placeholder="_t('Type name to search')"/>
 </div>
 
 </templates>
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
index 83c3de06f37..d8ce30fc24f 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   background: url(/web_kanban/static/src/img/plus-icon.png) no-repeat;
 }
 .openerp .oe_kanban_view .oe_kanban_quick_create {
-  overflow: hidden;
+  overflow: visible;
 }
 .openerp .oe_kanban_view .oe_kanban_no_group .oe_kanban_quick_create {
   width: 200px;
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
index 2b62dec15a9..cabe9cb52fb 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@
 </t>
 <div t-name="KanbanView.quick_create" class="oe_kanban_quick_create">
     <input t-att-placeholder="_t('Type name to create')"/>
+    <t t-if="widget._buttons">
+        <button class="oe-kanban-quick_create_add">Add</button>
+        <button class="oe-kanban-quick_create_close">Close</button>
+    </t>
 </div>
 </template>