AutoComplete with remote DataSource "contains" filter

[John Thompson]

I there a way to create a remote DataSource for an AutoComplete that uses "contains" instead of "startswith"?  I tried specifying the filter like so:

$("#SearchFor").kendoAutoComplete({

        minLength: 2,

        dataTextField: "FullText",

        dataSource:

            {

                type: "json",

                serverFiltering: true,

                serverPaging: true,

                pageSize: 20,

                filter:

                    {

                        field: "FullText",

                        operator: "contains",

                        value: $("#SearchFor").val()

                    },

                schema:

                    {

                        data: "data",

                        count: "count"

                    },

                transport:

                    {

                        read: applicationPath() + "/Home/SearchForStuff"

                    }

            }

        });

but, it was changed/overridden by the component on the AJAX request.

[Alexander Valchev]

Hi John,

Please use the filter option of the AutoComplete.

Kind regards,
Alexander Valchev
the Telerik team

[John Thompson]

Charmingly simple!  Thanks and Merry Christmas!