diff --git a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
index c4bd69c..f84b2a8 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
           }
         }).then(() => {
           this.set({ shown: shouldBeShown })
+          this.store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({ autosuggestSelecting: false })
         })
       })
     },
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@
       observe,
       once,
       onClick (item) {
+        /* autosuggestSelecting prevents a flash of searched content */
+        this.store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({ autosuggestSelecting: true })
         this.fire('autosuggestItemSelected')
         selectAutosuggestItem(item)
       }
diff --git a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
index ac2ae17..ca08ca9 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         stop('autosize.destroy()')
       },
       onBlur () {
-        scheduleIdleTask(() => {
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
           this.store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({ composeFocused: false })
         })
       },
@@ -177,14 +177,22 @@
         if (!autosuggestShown) {
           return false
         }
-        let { realm } = this.get()
-        if (autosuggestType === 'account') {
-          /* no await */ clickSelectedAutosuggestionUsername(realm)
-        } else { // emoji
-          /* no await */ clickSelectedAutosuggestionEmoji(realm)
-        }
         event.preventDefault()
         event.stopPropagation()
+
+        const clickAutosuggestedItem = async () => {
+          let { realm } = this.get()
+          /* autosuggestSelecting prevents a flash of searched content */
+          this.store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({ autosuggestSelecting: true })
+          if (autosuggestType === 'account') {
+            await clickSelectedAutosuggestionUsername(realm)
+          } else { // emoji
+            await clickSelectedAutosuggestionEmoji(realm)
+          }
+          this.store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({ autosuggestSelecting: false })
+        }
+
+        /* no await */ clickAutosuggestedItem()
         return true
       },
       incrementAutosuggestSelected (increment, event) {
diff --git a/src/routes/_store/mixins/autosuggestMixins.js b/src/routes/_store/mixins/autosuggestMixins.js
index 19823bd..7ab43b0 100644
--- a/src/routes/_store/mixins/autosuggestMixins.js
+++ b/src/routes/_store/mixins/autosuggestMixins.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { get } from '../../_utils/lodash-lite'
+
 export function autosuggestMixins (Store) {
   Store.prototype.setForAutosuggest = function (instanceName, realm, obj) {
     let valuesToSet = {}
@@ -16,4 +18,9 @@ export function autosuggestMixins (Store) {
     let { currentInstance, currentComposeRealm } = this.get()
     this.setForAutosuggest(currentInstance, currentComposeRealm, obj)
   }
+
+  Store.prototype.getForCurrentAutosuggest = function (key) {
+    let { currentInstance, currentComposeRealm } = this.get()
+    return get(this.get()[`autosuggestData_${key}`], [currentInstance, currentComposeRealm])
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js b/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
index 79ff757..c0277ed 100644
--- a/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
+++ b/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ export function autosuggestObservers () {
     if (!composeFocused || !autosuggestSearchText) {
       return
     }
+    /* autosuggestSelecting indicates that the user has pressed Enter or clicked on an item
+       and the results are being processed. Returning early avoids a flash of searched content.
+       We can also cancel any inflight XHRs here.
+     */
+    let autosuggestSelecting = store.getForCurrentAutosuggest('autosuggestSelecting')
+    if (autosuggestSelecting) {
+      if (lastSearch) {
+        lastSearch.cancel()
+        lastSearch = null
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
     let autosuggestType = autosuggestSearchText.startsWith('@') ? 'account' : 'emoji'
 
     if (lastSearch) {