diff --git a/crates/typst-ide/src/analyze.rs b/crates/typst-ide/src/analyze.rs
index 76739fec0..e9fb8a7d7 100644
--- a/crates/typst-ide/src/analyze.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-ide/src/analyze.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
 use comemo::Track;
 use ecow::{eco_vec, EcoString, EcoVec};
 use typst::foundations::{Label, Styles, Value};
@@ -66,14 +68,22 @@ pub fn analyze_import(world: &dyn IdeWorld, source: &LinkedNode) -> Option<Value
 /// - All labels and descriptions for them, if available
 /// - A split offset: All labels before this offset belong to nodes, all after
 ///   belong to a bibliography.
+///
+/// Note: When multiple labels in the document have the same identifier,
+/// this only returns the first one.
 pub fn analyze_labels(
     document: &PagedDocument,
 ) -> (Vec<(Label, Option<EcoString>)>, usize) {
     let mut output = vec![];
+    let mut seen_labels = HashSet::new();
 
     // Labels in the document.
     for elem in document.introspector.all() {
         let Some(label) = elem.label() else { continue };
+        if !seen_labels.insert(label) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         let details = elem
             .to_packed::<FigureElem>()
             .and_then(|figure| match figure.caption.as_option() {
diff --git a/crates/typst-ide/src/complete.rs b/crates/typst-ide/src/complete.rs
index bc5b3e10e..ff137586a 100644
--- a/crates/typst-ide/src/complete.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-ide/src/complete.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub struct Completion {
 }
 
 /// A kind of item that can be completed.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub enum CompletionKind {
     /// A syntactical structure.
@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@ fn complete_markup(ctx: &mut CompletionContext) -> bool {
         return true;
     }
 
-    // Start of a reference: "@|" or "@he|".
+    // Start of a reference: "@|".
+    if ctx.leaf.kind() == SyntaxKind::Text && ctx.before.ends_with("@") {
+        ctx.from = ctx.cursor;
+        ctx.label_completions();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // An existing reference: "@he|".
     if ctx.leaf.kind() == SyntaxKind::RefMarker {
         ctx.from = ctx.leaf.offset() + 1;
         ctx.label_completions();
@@ -1564,7 +1571,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use typst::layout::PagedDocument;
 
-    use super::{autocomplete, Completion};
+    use super::{autocomplete, Completion, CompletionKind};
     use crate::tests::{FilePos, TestWorld, WorldLike};
 
     /// Quote a string.
@@ -1709,6 +1716,54 @@ mod tests {
             .must_exclude(["bib"]);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_autocomplete_ref_function() {
+        let mut world = TestWorld::new("x<test>");
+        let doc = typst::compile(&world).output.ok();
+
+        let end = world.main.text().len();
+        world.main.edit(end..end, " #ref(<)");
+
+        test_with_doc(&world, -2, doc.as_ref()).must_include(["test"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_autocomplete_ref_shorthand() {
+        let mut world = TestWorld::new("x<test>");
+        let doc = typst::compile(&world).output.ok();
+
+        let end = world.main.text().len();
+        world.main.edit(end..end, " @");
+
+        test_with_doc(&world, -1, doc.as_ref()).must_include(["test"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_autocomplete_ref_shorthand_with_partial_identifier() {
+        let mut world = TestWorld::new("x<test>");
+        let doc = typst::compile(&world).output.ok();
+
+        let end = world.main.text().len();
+        world.main.edit(end..end, " @te");
+
+        test_with_doc(&world, -1, doc.as_ref()).must_include(["test"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_autocomplete_ref_identical_labels_returns_single_completion() {
+        let mut world = TestWorld::new("x<test> y<test>");
+        let doc = typst::compile(&world).output.ok();
+
+        let end = world.main.text().len();
+        world.main.edit(end..end, " @");
+
+        let result = test_with_doc(&world, -1, doc.as_ref());
+        let completions = result.completions();
+        let label_count =
+            completions.iter().filter(|c| c.kind == CompletionKind::Label).count();
+        assert_eq!(label_count, 1);
+    }
+
     /// Test what kind of brackets we autocomplete for function calls depending
     /// on the function and existing parens.
     #[test]