Wildcard search in Dropdown

[Anonymous]

The dropdown control in PowerApps filters results if you start typing, which is really handy on lengthy lists to save users scrolling through.

For example, if I have the following values in my dropdown: Apples, Pears, Pineapples, Plums

And I type 'Pea' in the text part of the dropdown menu, it will suggest 'Pears' and I will be able to tap this to select it.

I'm wondering however, how can I make this filter as a wildcard?

In my example, at the moment if I type 'apple' it would return only 'Apples' as the suggestion.
What I want to achieve is, if I type 'apple', it would return both 'Apples' and 'Pineapples' thus looking at my search string amongst the entire value and not just the start of the value.

Is this possible?

[v-micsh-msft]

Hi @Anonymous,

I don't think dropdown control is allowed to enter string instead of selecting values.

I suspect the dropdown you mentioned should be the one which is auto-generated when build App from Data.

Mostly the Auto-generated Dropdowns are related with the lookup fields, which act as a search box. But this kind control currently is not available under PowerApps.

For Dropdown control that we could add and customize, check:

Drop down control in PowerApps

Besides, there is an idea submitted already on this:

Allow text input in the dropdown control offered under PowerApps Insert tab

Regards,

Michael

[robertcaretta]

Realize this is old, but I agree with this. The autocomplete on a combobox starts at the beginning. I could use a wildcard "contains" inclusion search.