[Solved] autocomplete contains function missing ?

[John]

I have a client side array that I need to filter with an autocomplete.   I need to it to work like the default setting in jquery.

Every other telerik and kendoui autocomplete control seems to have a contains function but I only see the starts with option in Windows 8.

Can you confirm if this is a product limitation.

[Veli]

Hi John,

You can use a variety of filters for RadAutoCompleteBox and RadComboBox, specified by their filter property:

<span id="autoComplete" data-win-control="Telerik.UI.RadAutoCompleteBox" data-win-options="{
    dataSource: ['orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'peach', 'banana'],
    filter: 'contains'
    }"></span>

You can use one of the following string filters:

"startswith", "endswith", "contains", "eq", "neq"

I hope this helps.

Greetings,
Veli
the Telerik team