AutoComplete and IconField: allow using iconField with AutoComplete to show icons in Input

[B34v0n]

Describe the bug

With the IconField-Component one can set an Icon to an Input-Field. That is not possible, if there is an autocomplete instead of an input field. They both look exactly the same for the user, so it would be just logical to be able to use the IconField with an AutoComplete-Field.

Environment

All environments

Reproducer

https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-o8ncxg

Angular version

18.2.2

PrimeNG version

17.18.9

Build / Runtime

Angular CLI App

Language

TypeScript

Node version (for AoT issues node --version)

20.16.0

Browser(s)

No response

Steps to reproduce the behavior

In the linked Stackblitz you can see, that the autocompleter does not contain the Icon, which the inputText contains, even though both of them are in the IconField-Component.

Expected behavior

The Autocompleter should contain the Icon, when I put it in the IconField-Component.