ListEditor.StartIncrementalSearch(String) Method

Starts an incremental search for the specified string.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public virtual void StartIncrementalSearch(
    string searchString
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub StartIncrementalSearch(
    searchString As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
searchString	String	The text to locate.

Remarks

Generally, you do not need to call this method. It is automatically used by Lookup Property Editors to start the incremental search. Consider the following scenario. A Lookup Property Editor is selected but not activated:

Then an end-user presses the B key. The lookup dropdown is opened and the B character is passed to the Property Editor’s StartIncrementalSearch method. If the number of the objects in the data source collection bound to the current Property Editor is bigger than the IModelOptions.LookupSmallCollectionItemCount property value of the Application Model’s IModelOptions node, the B character will be displayed in the search dialog:

Otherwise, the List Editor‘s control will start the incremental search using the B character as the first one:

The search dialog can be enabled in a Lookup Property Editor regardless of the number of objects contained in the List View’s collection source. See, How to: Add a Search Action to Lookup Property Editors and Link Pop-up Windows.