diff --git a/languageservice/src/complete.multiline-if.test.ts b/languageservice/src/complete.multiline-if.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45944b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languageservice/src/complete.multiline-if.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import {complete} from "./complete";
+import {TextDocument} from "vscode-languageserver-textdocument";
+import {clearCache} from "./utils/workflow-cache";
+import {getPositionFromCursor} from "./test-utils/cursor-position";
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  clearCache();
+});
+
+describe("Issue #81 - multi-line if expression completion", () => {
+  it("should complete in block scalar if with | (exact position)", async () => {
+    // Exact reproduction from issue - cursor after "github." in block scalar
+    const input = `on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      github.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const doc = TextDocument.create("file:///test.yaml", "yaml", 1, input);
+    // Line 5 (0-indexed) = "      github.", character 13 = after the dot
+    const pos = {line: 5, character: 13};
+
+    const result = await complete(doc, pos, {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("actor");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete in block scalar if with > (exact position)", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: >
+      github.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const doc = TextDocument.create("file:///test.yaml", "yaml", 1, input);
+    const pos = {line: 5, character: 13};
+
+    const result = await complete(doc, pos, {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete in block scalar with multiple lines", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'push' &&
+      github.|
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    // Skip 1 to skip the `|` block scalar indicator (same character as cursor marker)
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input, 1), {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete step if in block scalar", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo
+      if: |
+        github.
+`;
+
+    const doc = TextDocument.create("file:///test.yaml", "yaml", 1, input);
+    // Line 7 = "        github.", character 15 = after the dot (8 spaces + 7 chars)
+    const pos = {line: 7, character: 15};
+
+    const result = await complete(doc, pos, {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete in block scalar with ${{ expression markers", async () => {
+    // This case works because transform() skips lines with ${{
+    // Note: Using explicit position because | appears in multiple places (block scalar, ||, cursor)
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      \${{
+        github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' ||
+        github.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const doc = TextDocument.create("file:///test.yaml", "yaml", 1, input);
+    // Line 6 = "        github." = 8 spaces + 7 chars = 15 chars, cursor after dot is at char 15
+    const pos = {line: 6, character: 15};
+
+    const result = await complete(doc, pos, {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("ref");
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("ref_name");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Edge cases for getOffsetInContent", () => {
+  it("should complete in single-line if (not block scalar)", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: github.|
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete on third content line of block scalar", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'push' &&
+      github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' &&
+      github.|
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input, 1), {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+
+  it("should complete when block scalar has empty first line", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+
+      github.|
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo`;
+
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input, 1), {});
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.map(x => x.label)).toContain("event");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/languageservice/src/complete.ts b/languageservice/src/complete.ts
index 943905b..1b636a6 100644
--- a/languageservice/src/complete.ts
+++ b/languageservice/src/complete.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {ErrorPolicy} from "@actions/workflow-parser/model/convert";
 import {OPEN_EXPRESSION} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/template-constants";
 import {TemplateToken} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/index";
 import {MappingToken} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/mapping-token";
+import {TokenRange} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/token-range";
 import {TokenType} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/types";
 import {File} from "@actions/workflow-parser/workflows/file";
 import {FileProvider} from "@actions/workflow-parser/workflows/file-provider";
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import {isPotentiallyExpression} from "./utils/expression-detection";
 import {findToken} from "./utils/find-token";
 import {guessIndentation} from "./utils/indentation-guesser";
 import {mapRange} from "./utils/range";
-import {getRelCharOffset} from "./utils/rel-char-pos";
 import {isPlaceholder, transform} from "./utils/transform";
 import {fetchOrConvertWorkflowTemplate, fetchOrParseWorkflow} from "./utils/workflow-cache";
 import {Value, ValueProviderConfig} from "./value-providers/config";
@@ -238,12 +238,12 @@ function getExpressionCompletionItems(
     currentInput = stringToken.source || stringToken.value;
   }
 
-  const relCharOffset = getRelCharOffset(token.range, currentInput, pos);
-  const expressionInput = (getExpressionInput(currentInput, relCharOffset) || "").trim();
+  const cursorOffset = getOffsetInContent(token.range, currentInput, pos);
+  const expressionInput = (getExpressionInput(currentInput, cursorOffset) || "").trim();
 
   try {
     return completeExpression(expressionInput, context, [], validatorFunctions).map(item =>
-      mapExpressionCompletionItem(item, currentInput[relCharOffset])
+      mapExpressionCompletionItem(item, currentInput[cursorOffset])
     );
   } catch (e) {
     error(`Error while completing expression: '${(e as Error)?.message || "<no details>"}'`);
@@ -274,3 +274,50 @@ function mapExpressionCompletionItem(item: ExpressionCompletionItem, charAfterPo
     kind: item.function ? CompletionItemKind.Function : CompletionItemKind.Variable
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts a document position to an offset within the token's content string.
+ */
+function getOffsetInContent(tokenRange: TokenRange, currentInput: string, pos: Position): number {
+  const range = mapRange(tokenRange);
+
+  if (range.start.line === range.end.line) {
+    // Single-line example:
+    //   if: github.ref == 'main'
+    //       ^8      ^15 (cursor)
+    // currentInput = "github.ref == 'main'"
+    // offset = 15 - 8 = 7
+    return pos.character - range.start.character;
+  }
+
+  // Multi-line example:
+  //   if: |                         <- line 3 (range.start.line)
+  //     first line                  <- line 4, content line 0
+  //     second line                 <- line 5, content line 1
+  //     github.                     <- line 6, content line 2, cursor at index 11
+  //            ^11 (cursor)
+  //
+  // currentInput = "    first line\n    second line\n    github."
+  //                 ^0              ^15              ^32        ^43
+
+  // Line index within content.
+  // From the example:
+  // lineIndexWithinContent = pos.line - range.start.line - 1
+  //                        = 6 - 3 - 1 = 2
+  const lineIndexWithinContent = pos.line - range.start.line - 1;
+
+  // Length of content before current line.
+  // From the example:
+  // lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine => 14 + 1 = 15 (after first iteration)
+  //                                  => 31 + 1 = 32 (after second iteration)
+  let lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < lineIndexWithinContent; i++) {
+    lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine = currentInput.indexOf("\n", lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine) + 1;
+  }
+
+  // Final offset within content.
+  // From the example:
+  // finalOffset = lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine + pos.character
+  //             = 32 + 11 = 43
+  return lengthOfContentBeforeCurrentLine + pos.character;
+}
diff --git a/languageservice/src/utils/rel-char-pos.ts b/languageservice/src/utils/rel-char-pos.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 03537cf..0000000
--- a/languageservice/src/utils/rel-char-pos.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import {TokenRange} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/token-range";
-import {Position} from "vscode-languageserver-textdocument";
-import {mapRange} from "./range";
-
-export function getRelCharOffset(tokenRange: TokenRange, currentInput: string, pos: Position): number {
-  const range = mapRange(tokenRange);
-  if (range.start.line !== range.end.line) {
-    const lines = currentInput.split("\n");
-    const lineDiff = pos.line - range.start.line - 1;
-    const linesBeforeCusor = lines.slice(0, lineDiff);
-    return linesBeforeCusor.join("\n").length + pos.character + 1;
-  } else {
-    return pos.character - range.start.character;
-  }
-}