Autocomplete - Fuzzy matching

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  1. RBeco
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    Apr 2013

    Posted 04 Feb 2014 Link to this post

    I have a question regarding the filtering - or autocomplete - functionality of the RadComboBox. Does the RadComboBox support fuzzy matching?

    For example, I have the list:
    - Sheba
    - Whiskas
    - Gourmet

    When typing in 'wis' it should also match 'whiskas' (because of fuzzy matching).

    Thank you.
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  3. Hristo Valyavicharski
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    Posted 07 Feb 2014 Link to this post

    Hi,

    RadComboBox and other filtering controls have two types of filtering - "Starts With" and "Contains". If you need something different you may create a custom filtering.

    The "wis" doesn't match neither of these types. Contains - will return all items which text contains the search text anywhere.

    Look at this help article.

    Regards,
    Hristo Valyavicharski
    Telerik
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  5. RBeco
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    Apr 2013

    Posted 07 Feb 2014 in reply to Hristo Valyavicharski Link to this post

    Hi,

    Thanks for your response.

    Do you have a suggestion how to implement custom filtering? Does Telerik have an API for this or should I for example use javascript and modify the items collection of the control?

    Regards
  7. Hristo Valyavicharski
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    Posted 10 Feb 2014 Link to this post

    Hi,

    Because the RadComboBox doesn't support custom filtering out of the box try to do the following. Bind the combo for a Webservice and modify the method which returns the data to work according to your filter pattern.

    Regards,
    Hristo Valyavicharski
    Telerik
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