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AutoCompleteFilterPredicate<T> Delegate

Silverlight

Represents the filter used by the AutoCompleteBox control to determine whether an item is a possible match for the specified text.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows.Controls.Input (in System.Windows.Controls.Input.dll)

Syntax

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public delegate bool AutoCompleteFilterPredicate<T>(
	string search,
	T item
)

Type Parameters

T: The type used for filtering the AutoCompleteBox. This type can be either a string or an object.

Parameters

search: Type: System.String
The string used as the basis for filtering.

item: Type: T
The item that is compared with the search parameter.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true to indicate item is a possible match for search; otherwise false.

Remarks

This delegate is used by the ItemFilter and TextFilter properties of the AutoCompleteBox. When used with ItemFilter, T is an object. When used with TextFilter, T must be a string.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the FilterMode to Custom, and then set the ItemFilter property to a custom filter method for the Employee object. The custom filter returns matches from employees' first or last name. This code example requires a reference to the System.Windows.Controls.Input assembly.

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List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();
public MainPage()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    // Add some items to the employee list.
    employees.Add(new Employee("Sells", "Chris", "csells", 1234));
    employees.Add(new Employee("Cabatana", "Reina", "rcaba", 5678));
    employees.Add(new Employee("Sprenger", "Christof", "cspreng", 9123));
    employees.Add(new Employee("Brandel", "Jonas", "jbrandel", 4567));
    employees.Add(new Employee("Bye", "Dennis", "dbye", 8912));
    employees.Add(new Employee("Reid", "Miles", "mreid", 3456));

    // Set the item source.
    myACB.ItemsSource = employees;


...


// Set the ItemFilter property to the search method.
myACB.ItemFilter += SearchEmployees;


...


}


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bool SearchEmployees(string search, object value)
{
    // Cast the value to an Employee.
    Employee emp = value as Employee;
    if (emp != null)
    {
        // Look for a match in the first and last names.
        if (emp.LastName.ToLower().StartsWith(search))
            return true;

        else if (emp.FirstName.ToLower().StartsWith(search))
            return true;
    }
    // If no match, return false.
    return false;
}


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public class Employee
{
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string EmailName { get; set; }
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public Employee(string empLastName, string empFirstName, string empEmail, int empID)
    {
        LastName = empLastName;
        FirstName = empFirstName;
        EmailName = empEmail;
        ID = empID;
    }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return "Employee: " + FirstName + " " + 
            LastName + System.Environment.NewLine + 
            "Email: " + EmailName + System.Environment.NewLine + "ID: " +
            ID.ToString();
    }
}

XAML

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<StackPanel x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="LightGray">
     <TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" Text="AutoCompleteBox Custom Filter Example" Margin="5"/>
     <StackPanel  Orientation="Horizontal">
         <TextBlock Text="Employee:" Margin="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left"  VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         <sdk:AutoCompleteBox Height="75" Width="200" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" 
         x:Name="myACB" FilterMode="Custom" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Enter employee name."/>
     </StackPanel>
     </StackPanel>

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Reference

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

AutoCompleteFilterMode

ItemFilter

TextFilter

FilterMode

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