The Autocomplete doesn't seem to work with multiple values if the user presses the return key in a textarea and enters text in a new line.
In such case, though the values are shown, pressing TAB or return key doesn't enter them in the textarea.
The options set are as follows:
$("#search").autocomplete(colls, { multiple: true, autoFill: false, matchContains: true, max: 100, multipleSeparator: " " });