diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 1f647ae2b..9b6f4239c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ module.exports = {
     ],
   },
   overrides: [
+    {
+      files: ['packages/autocomplete-js/src/setProperties.ts'],
+      rules: {
+        'eslint-comments/no-unlimited-disable': 'off',
+      },
+    },
     {
       files: ['**/rollup.config.js', 'stories/**/*', '**/__tests__/**'],
       rules: {
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/autocomplete.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/autocomplete.ts
index 140663ce7..fff2b00e1 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/autocomplete.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '@algolia/autocomplete-core';
 
 import { getHTMLElement } from './getHTMLElement';
-import { setProperties } from './setProperties';
+import { setProperties, setPropertiesWithoutEvents } from './setProperties';
 
 /**
  * Renders the template in the root element.
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export function autocomplete<TItem>({
 }: AutocompleteOptions<TItem>): AutocompleteApi<TItem> {
   const containerElement = getHTMLElement(container);
   const inputWrapper = document.createElement('div');
+  const completion = document.createElement('span');
   const input = document.createElement('input');
   const root = document.createElement('div');
   const form = document.createElement('form');
@@ -92,25 +93,26 @@ export function autocomplete<TItem>({
     ...props,
   });
 
-  const environmentProps = autocomplete.getEnvironmentProps({
-    searchBoxElement: form,
-    dropdownElement: dropdown,
-    inputElement: input,
+  setProperties(window as any, {
+    ...autocomplete.getEnvironmentProps({
+      searchBoxElement: form,
+      dropdownElement: dropdown,
+      inputElement: input,
+    }),
+  });
+  setProperties(root, {
+    ...autocomplete.getRootProps(),
+    class: 'aa-Autocomplete',
   });
-
-  setProperties(window, environmentProps);
-
-  const rootProps = autocomplete.getRootProps();
-  setProperties(root, rootProps);
-  root.classList.add('aa-Autocomplete');
-
   const formProps = autocomplete.getFormProps({ inputElement: input });
-  setProperties(form, formProps);
-  form.classList.add('aa-Form');
-
-  const labelProps = autocomplete.getLabelProps();
-  setProperties(label, labelProps);
-  label.innerHTML = `<svg
+  setProperties(form, {
+    ...formProps,
+    class: 'aa-Form',
+  });
+  setProperties(label, {
+    ...autocomplete.getLabelProps(),
+    class: 'aa-Label',
+    innerHTML: `<svg
   width="20"
   height="20"
   viewBox="0 0 20 20"
@@ -123,30 +125,32 @@ export function autocomplete<TItem>({
     strokeLinecap="round"
     strokeLinejoin="round"
   />
-</svg>`;
-  label.classList.add('aa-Label');
-
-  inputWrapper.classList.add('aa-InputWrapper');
-
-  const inputProps = autocomplete.getInputProps({ inputElement: input });
-  setProperties(input, inputProps);
-  input.classList.add('aa-Input');
-
-  const completion = document.createElement('span');
-  completion.classList.add('aa-Completion');
-
-  resetButton.setAttribute('type', 'reset');
-  resetButton.textContent = 'ｘ';
-  resetButton.classList.add('aa-Reset');
-  resetButton.addEventListener('click', formProps.onReset);
-
-  const dropdownProps = autocomplete.getDropdownProps({});
-  setProperties(dropdown, dropdownProps);
-  dropdown.classList.add('aa-Dropdown');
-  dropdown.setAttribute('hidden', '');
+</svg>`,
+  });
+  setProperties(inputWrapper, { class: 'aa-InputWrapper' });
+  setProperties(input, {
+    ...autocomplete.getInputProps({ inputElement: input }),
+    class: 'aa-Input',
+  });
+  setProperties(completion, { class: 'aa-Completion' });
+  setProperties(resetButton, {
+    type: 'reset',
+    textContent: 'ｘ',
+    onClick: formProps.onReset,
+    class: 'aa-Reset',
+  });
+  setProperties(dropdown, {
+    ...autocomplete.getDropdownProps(),
+    hidden: true,
+    class: 'aa-Dropdown',
+  });
 
   function render(state: AutocompleteState<TItem>) {
-    input.value = state.query;
+    setPropertiesWithoutEvents(root, autocomplete.getRootProps());
+    setPropertiesWithoutEvents(
+      input,
+      autocomplete.getInputProps({ inputElement: input })
+    );
 
     if (props.enableCompletion) {
       completion.textContent = state.completion;
@@ -155,9 +159,13 @@ export function autocomplete<TItem>({
     dropdown.innerHTML = '';
 
     if (state.isOpen) {
-      dropdown.removeAttribute('hidden');
+      setProperties(dropdown, {
+        hidden: false,
+      });
     } else {
-      dropdown.setAttribute('hidden', '');
+      setProperties(dropdown, {
+        hidden: true,
+      });
       return;
     }
 
@@ -184,14 +192,11 @@ export function autocomplete<TItem>({
 
       if (items.length > 0) {
         const menu = document.createElement('ul');
-        const menuProps = autocomplete.getMenuProps();
-        setProperties(menu, menuProps);
+        setProperties(menu, autocomplete.getMenuProps());
 
         const menuItems = items.map((item) => {
           const li = document.createElement('li');
-          const itemProps = autocomplete.getItemProps({ item, source });
-          setProperties(li, itemProps);
-
+          setProperties(li, autocomplete.getItemProps({ item, source }));
           renderTemplate(source.templates.item({ root: li, item, state }), li);
 
           return li;
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/setProperties.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/setProperties.ts
index 07d73e411..e0ab31deb 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/setProperties.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/setProperties.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,65 @@
-// Taken from Preact
-// https://github.com/preactjs/preact/blob/6ab49d9020740127577bf4af66bf63f4af7f9fee/src/diff/props.js#L58-L151
-function setProperty(element: HTMLElement | Window, name: string, value: any) {
+/* eslint-disable */
+
+/*
+ * Taken from Preact
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/preactjs/preact/blob/6ab49d9020740127577bf4af66bf63f4af7f9fee/src/diff/props.js#L58-L151
+ */
+
+function setStyle(style: object, key: string, value: any) {
+  if (value === null) {
+    style[key] = '';
+  } else if (typeof value !== 'number') {
+    style[key] = value;
+  } else {
+    style[key] = value + 'px';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Proxy an event to hooked event handlers
+ */
+function eventProxy(this: any, event: Event) {
+  this._listeners[event.type](event);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set a property value on a DOM node
+ */
+export function setProperty(dom: HTMLElement, name: string, value: any) {
   let useCapture: boolean;
   let nameLower: string;
+  let oldValue = dom[name];
 
+  if (name === 'style') {
+    if (typeof value == 'string') {
+      (dom as any).style = value;
+    } else {
+      if (value === null) {
+        (dom as any).style = '';
+      } else {
+        for (name in value) {
+          if (!oldValue || value[name] !== oldValue[name]) {
+            setStyle(dom.style, name, value[name]);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
   // Benchmark for comparison: https://esbench.com/bench/574c954bdb965b9a00965ac6
-  if (name[0] === 'o' && name[1] === 'n') {
+  else if (name[0] === 'o' && name[1] === 'n') {
     useCapture = name !== (name = name.replace(/Capture$/, ''));
     nameLower = name.toLowerCase();
-    if (nameLower in element) name = nameLower;
+    if (nameLower in dom) name = nameLower;
     name = name.slice(2);
 
+    if (!(dom as any)._listeners) (dom as any)._listeners = {};
+    (dom as any)._listeners[name] = value;
+
     if (value) {
-      element.addEventListener(name, value, useCapture);
+      if (!oldValue) dom.addEventListener(name, eventProxy, useCapture);
     } else {
-      element.removeEventListener(name, value, useCapture);
+      dom.removeEventListener(name, eventProxy, useCapture);
     }
   } else if (
     name !== 'list' &&
@@ -26,15 +71,12 @@ function setProperty(element: HTMLElement | Window, name: string, value: any) {
     name !== 'size' &&
     name !== 'download' &&
     name !== 'href' &&
-    name in element
-  ) {
-    element[name] = value === null ? '' : value;
-  } else if (
-    typeof value !== 'function' &&
-    name !== 'dangerouslySetInnerHTML'
+    name in dom
   ) {
+    dom[name] = value == null ? '' : value;
+  } else if (typeof value != 'function' && name !== 'dangerouslySetInnerHTML') {
     if (
-      value === null ||
+      value == null ||
       (value === false &&
         // ARIA-attributes have a different notion of boolean values.
         // The value `false` is different from the attribute not
@@ -44,9 +86,9 @@ function setProperty(element: HTMLElement | Window, name: string, value: any) {
         // that other VDOM frameworks also always stringify `false`.
         !/^ar/.test(name))
     ) {
-      (element as HTMLElement).removeAttribute(name);
+      dom.removeAttribute(name);
     } else {
-      (element as HTMLElement).setAttribute(name, value);
+      dom.setAttribute(name, value);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -60,9 +102,19 @@ function getNormalizedName(name: string): string {
   }
 }
 
-export function setProperties(dom: HTMLElement | Window, props: object): void {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line guard-for-in
+export function setProperties(dom: HTMLElement, props: object): void {
   for (const name in props) {
     setProperty(dom, getNormalizedName(name), props[name]);
   }
 }
+
+export function setPropertiesWithoutEvents(
+  dom: HTMLElement,
+  props: object
+): void {
+  for (const name in props) {
+    if (!(name[0] === 'o' && name[1] === 'n')) {
+      setProperty(dom, getNormalizedName(name), props[name]);
+    }
+  }
+}