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Document default search technique change for Options List controls
The default search technique for newly created Options List controls changed from Prefix to Contains in 9.4 (Kibana PR #250992). Add search technique options to the 9.4 tab (were missing) with Contains as default, and mark Prefix as default in the 9.0-9.3 tab. Closes #4951
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* **Label**: Overwrite the default field name with a clearer and self-explanatory label.
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- **Selections**:
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Select multiple values to filter with the control, or only one.
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- **Search technique** (for Options list controls on *string* and *IP address* type fields):
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* **Prefix**: Show options that *start with* the entered value.
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* **Contains** (default): Show options that *contain* the entered value. This setting is only available for *string* type fields.
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* **Exact**: Show options that are an *exact* match with the entered value.
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The search is not case sensitive. For example, searching for `ios` would still retrieve `iOS` if that value exists.
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- **Additional settings**:
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- **Use global filters**: A panel-level setting that applies to each individual control. It is enabled by default.
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For Options list controls on *string* and *IP address* type fields, you can define how the control’s embedded search should behave:
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* **Prefix**: Show options that *start with* the entered value.
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* **Contains**: Show options that *contain* the entered value. This setting option is only available for *string* type fields. Results can take longer to show with this option.
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* **Prefix** (default): Show options that *start with* the entered value.
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* **Contains**: Show options that *contain* the entered value. This setting is only available for *string* type fields.
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* **Exact**: Show options that are an *exact* match with the entered value.
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The search is not case sensitive. For example, searching for `ios` would still retrieve `iOS` if that value exists.

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