diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/pom.xml b/app/logbook/olog/ui/pom.xml
index 9df3fa0dc3..8103b68f94 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/pom.xml
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
             <artifactId>core-security</artifactId>
             <version>4.7.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.phoebus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>core-ui</artifactId>
+            <version>4.7.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jfxtras</groupId>
             <artifactId>jfxtras-agenda</artifactId>
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/Messages.java b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/Messages.java
index 7d5d280eaf..bc56349035 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/Messages.java
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/Messages.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class Messages
             AttachmentsDirectoryNotWritable,
             AttachmentsFileNotDirectory,
             AttachmentsNoStorage,
+            AvailableTemplates,
             Back,
             CloseRequestHeader,
             CloseRequestButtonContinue,
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/AttachmentsEditorController.java b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/AttachmentsEditorController.java
index 9a7c4f8958..b8e95a4e78 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/AttachmentsEditorController.java
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/AttachmentsEditorController.java
@@ -342,10 +342,19 @@ private void addImage(Image image, String id) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return The {@link ObservableList} of {@link Attachment}s managed in the {@link AttachmentsViewController}.
+     */
     public ObservableList<Attachment> getAttachments() {
         return attachmentsViewController.getAttachments();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the file upload constraints information in the editor.
+     * @param maxFileSize Maximum size for a single file.
+     * @param maxRequestSize Maximum total size of all attachments.
+     */
     public void setSizeLimits(String maxFileSize, String maxRequestSize) {
         this.maxFileSize = Double.parseDouble(maxFileSize);
         this.maxRequestSize = Double.parseDouble(maxRequestSize);
@@ -387,4 +396,11 @@ private void showFileSizeExceedsLimit(File file) {
     private void showTotalSizeExceedsLimit() {
         Platform.runLater(() -> sizesErrorMessage.set(Messages.RequestTooLarge));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears list of {@link Attachment}s.
+     */
+    public void clearAttachments(){
+        getAttachments().clear();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditorController.java b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditorController.java
index 6702e2854e..078a1d3b6e 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditorController.java
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditorController.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
+import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
 import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.collections.ListChangeListener;
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@
 import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 import javafx.util.Callback;
 import javafx.util.StringConverter;
+import org.phoebus.framework.autocomplete.Proposal;
+import org.phoebus.framework.autocomplete.ProposalProvider;
+import org.phoebus.framework.autocomplete.ProposalService;
 import org.phoebus.framework.jobs.JobManager;
 import org.phoebus.framework.selection.SelectionService;
 import org.phoebus.logbook.LogClient;
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.phoebus.logbook.Tag;
 import org.phoebus.logbook.olog.ui.HelpViewer;
 import org.phoebus.logbook.olog.ui.LogbookUIPreferences;
+import org.phoebus.logbook.olog.ui.Messages;
 import org.phoebus.logbook.olog.ui.PreviewViewer;
 import org.phoebus.olog.es.api.OlogProperties;
 import org.phoebus.olog.es.api.model.OlogLog;
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@
 import org.phoebus.security.tokens.ScopedAuthenticationToken;
 import org.phoebus.security.tokens.SimpleAuthenticationToken;
 import org.phoebus.ui.Preferences;
+import org.phoebus.ui.autocomplete.AutocompleteMenu;
 import org.phoebus.ui.dialog.ListSelectionPopOver;
 import org.phoebus.ui.javafx.ImageCache;
 import org.phoebus.util.time.TimestampFormats;
@@ -237,6 +244,10 @@ public class LogEntryEditorController {
      */
     private Optional<LogEntry> logEntryResult = Optional.empty();
 
+    private final ObjectProperty<ObservableList<LogTemplate>> templatesProperty =
+            new SimpleObjectProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList());
+    //private ObservableList<? extends LogTemplate> templates = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
+
     public LogEntryEditorController(LogEntry logEntry, LogEntry inReplyTo, EditMode editMode) {
         this.replyTo = inReplyTo;
         this.logFactory = LogService.getInstance().getLogFactories().get(LogbookPreferences.logbook_factory);
@@ -456,6 +467,26 @@ public void initialize() {
             newSelection.forEach(l -> updateDropDown(logbookDropDown, l, true));
         });
 
+        AutocompleteMenu autocompleteMenu = new AutocompleteMenu(new ProposalService(new ProposalProvider() {
+            @Override
+            public String getName() {
+                return Messages.AvailableTemplates;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public List<Proposal> lookup(String text) {
+                List<Proposal> proposals = new ArrayList<>();
+                templatesProperty.get().forEach(template -> {
+                    if (template.name().contains(text)) {
+                        proposals.add(new Proposal(template.name()));
+                    }
+                });
+                return proposals;
+            }
+        }));
+
+        autocompleteMenu.attachField(templateSelector.getEditor());
+
         templateSelector.setCellFactory(new Callback<>() {
             @Override
             public ListCell<LogTemplate> call(ListView<LogTemplate> logTemplateListView) {
@@ -475,28 +506,53 @@ protected void updateItem(LogTemplate item, boolean empty) {
 
         templateSelector.valueProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
             if (newValue != null) {
+                templateSelector.getEditor().textProperty().set(newValue.name());
                 if (!newValue.equals(oldValue)) {
                     loadTemplate(newValue);
                 }
             }
+            else{
+                // E.g. if user specifies an invalid template name
+                loadTemplate(null);
+            }
         });
 
-        templateSelector.setConverter(
-                new StringConverter<>() {
-                    @Override
-                    public String toString(LogTemplate template) {
-                        if (template == null) {
-                            return "";
-                        } else {
-                            return template.name();
-                        }
-                    }
+        // Hide autocomplete menu when user clicks drop-down button
+        templateSelector.showingProperty().addListener((obs, wasShowing, isNowShowing) -> autocompleteMenu.hide());
 
-                    @Override
-                    public LogTemplate fromString(String s) {
+        templateSelector.getEditor().textProperty().addListener((obs, o, n) -> {
+           if(n != null && !n.isEmpty()){
+               Optional<LogTemplate> logTemplate =
+                       templatesProperty.get().stream().filter(t -> t.name().equals(n)).findFirst();
+               logTemplate.ifPresent(template -> templateSelector.valueProperty().setValue(template));
+           }
+        });
+
+        templateSelector.setConverter(
+            new StringConverter<>() {
+                @Override
+                public String toString(LogTemplate template) {
+                    if (template == null) {
                         return null;
+                    } else {
+                        return template.name();
                     }
-                });
+                }
+
+                /**
+                 * Converts the user specified string to a {@link LogTemplate}
+                 * @param name The name of an (existing) template
+                 * @return A {@link LogTemplate} if <code>name</code> matches an existing one, otherwise <code>null</code>
+                 */
+                @Override
+                public LogTemplate fromString(String name) {
+                    Optional<LogTemplate> logTemplate =
+                            templatesProperty.get().stream().filter(t -> t.name().equals(name)).findFirst();
+                    return logTemplate.orElse(null);
+                }
+            });
+
+        templateSelector.itemsProperty().bind(templatesProperty);
 
         // Note: logbooks and tags are retrieved asynchronously from service
         getServerSideStaticData();
@@ -767,8 +823,7 @@ private void getServerSideStaticData() {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to get or parse response from server info request", e);
             }
 
-            Collection<LogTemplate> templates = logClient.getTemplates();
-            Platform.runLater(() -> templateSelector.getItems().addAll(templates));
+            templatesProperty.get().setAll(logClient.getTemplates().stream().toList());
         });
     }
 
@@ -840,16 +895,30 @@ public Optional<LogEntry> getLogEntryResult() {
     /**
      * Loads template to configure UI elements.
      *
-     * @param logTemplate A {@link LogTemplate} selected by user.
+     * @param logTemplate A {@link LogTemplate} selected by user. If <code>null</code>, all log entry elements
+     *                    will be cleared, except the Level selector, which will be set to the top-most item.
      */
     private void loadTemplate(LogTemplate logTemplate) {
-        titleProperty.set(logTemplate.title());
-        descriptionProperty.set(logTemplate.source());
-        logPropertiesEditorController.setProperties(logTemplate.properties());
-        selectedTags.setAll(logTemplate.tags().stream().map(Tag::getName).toList());
-        selectedLogbooks.setAll(logTemplate.logbooks().stream().map(Logbook::getName).toList());
-        levelSelector.getSelectionModel().select(logTemplate.level());
-        selectedTags.forEach(t -> updateDropDown(tagDropDown, t, true));
-        selectedLogbooks.forEach(l -> updateDropDown(logbookDropDown, l, true));
+        if(logTemplate != null){
+            titleProperty.set(logTemplate.title());
+            descriptionProperty.set(logTemplate.source());
+            logPropertiesEditorController.setProperties(logTemplate.properties());
+            selectedTags.setAll(logTemplate.tags().stream().map(Tag::getName).toList());
+            selectedLogbooks.setAll(logTemplate.logbooks().stream().map(Logbook::getName).toList());
+            levelSelector.getSelectionModel().select(logTemplate.level());
+            selectedTags.forEach(t -> updateDropDown(tagDropDown, t, true));
+            selectedLogbooks.forEach(l -> updateDropDown(logbookDropDown, l, true));
+        }
+        else{
+            titleProperty.set(null);
+            descriptionProperty.set(null);
+            logPropertiesEditorController.clearSelectedProperties();
+            attachmentsEditorController.clearAttachments();
+            selectedTags.setAll(Collections.emptyList());
+            selectedLogbooks.setAll(Collections.emptyList());
+            levelSelector.getSelectionModel().select(0);
+            selectedTags.forEach(t -> updateDropDown(tagDropDown, t, false));
+            selectedLogbooks.forEach(l -> updateDropDown(logbookDropDown, l, false));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogPropertiesEditorController.java b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogPropertiesEditorController.java
index 463cbae732..cb520e094e 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogPropertiesEditorController.java
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogPropertiesEditorController.java
@@ -173,12 +173,22 @@ public List<Property> getProperties() {
         return selectedProperties;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param properties {@link Collection} of {@link Property}s to set in the editor.
+     */
     public void setProperties(Collection<Property> properties){
-        if(properties == null){
-            return;
+        if(properties != null){
+            selectedProperties.addAll(properties);
+            availableProperties.removeAll(properties);
         }
-        selectedProperties.addAll(properties);
-        availableProperties.removeAll(properties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Moves all selected {@link Property}s back to list of available.
+     */
+    public void clearSelectedProperties(){
+        availableProperties.addAll(selectedProperties);
+        selectedProperties.clear();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/messages.properties b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/messages.properties
index 7e064c37b8..21bd2841f8 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/messages.properties
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/messages.properties
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Attachments=Attachments
 AttachmentsDirectoryFailedCreate=Failed to create directory {0} for attachments
 AttachmentsFileNotDirectory=File {0} exists but is not a directory
 AttachmentsSearchProperty=Attachments:
+AvailableTemplates=Available Templates
 Back=Back
 BrowseButton=Browse
 Cancel=Cancel
diff --git a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditor.fxml b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditor.fxml
index 6fb8337f15..8bd98cd5d9 100644
--- a/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditor.fxml
+++ b/app/logbook/olog/ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/logbook/olog/ui/write/LogEntryEditor.fxml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                  <HBox fx:id="templateControls" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" spacing="5.0">
                     <children>
                         <Label prefWidth="80" text="%Templates" />
-                        <ComboBox fx:id="templateSelector" prefWidth="200" visibleRowCount="10" />
+                        <ComboBox fx:id="templateSelector" editable="true" prefWidth="200" visibleRowCount="10" />
                         <HBox alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
                     </children>
                 </HBox>
diff --git a/core/logbook/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/LogTemplate.java b/core/logbook/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/LogTemplate.java
index 9d7c41fa43..fddae0cde2 100644
--- a/core/logbook/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/LogTemplate.java
+++ b/core/logbook/src/main/java/org/phoebus/logbook/LogTemplate.java
@@ -32,4 +32,9 @@ public record LogTemplate(String id,
                           Collection<Logbook> logbooks,
                           Collection<Tag> tags,
                           Collection<Property> properties){
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return name;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/autocomplete/AutocompleteMenu.java b/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/autocomplete/AutocompleteMenu.java
index 2ee36016bd..c17c21924e 100644
--- a/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/autocomplete/AutocompleteMenu.java
+++ b/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/autocomplete/AutocompleteMenu.java
@@ -320,4 +320,11 @@ private void invokeAction(final TextInputControl field)
         }
         menu.hide();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Explicitly hides the menu.
+     */
+    public void hide(){
+        menu.hide();
+    }
 }