Autocomplete - Fuzzy matching

[RBeco]

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.

[Hristo Valyavicharski]

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

[RBeco]

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

[Hristo Valyavicharski]

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