dijit.form.FilteringSelect with substring search

Question

dijit.form.FilteringSelect is close to what I need. I've tried lots of ways to do what I want, but being a dijit beginner I never know if I'm even going in the right direction. When I start typing in a FilteringSelect, I only see the options starting with what I typed. Like a query on `value + "*"` What I need is to see any option that has what I type anywhere. Like a query on `"*" + value + "*"` So if there is "Apple", "Banana" and "Orange", and I type "e", I should see "Apple" and "Orange". If possible, with the search string emphasized: "Apple", "Orange" I think I need some clever data storage, but anywhere I go looks like a dead end. Am I missing something, or should I do this in a completely different way?

Accepted Answer

You want to use the `queryExpr` attribute:

```
var f = new dijit.form.FilteringSelect({
 ...
 queryExpr: "*${0}*",
 ...
}, node);
```

Notice the * before and after the ${0}.

dijit.form.FilteringSelect with substring search

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