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Document default search technique change for Options List controls#5657

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Summary

  • The default search technique for newly created Options List controls on string fields changed from Prefix to Contains (elastic/kibana#250992). The default for IP address fields remains Prefix.
  • Adds the Searching options (Prefix, Contains, Exact) to the 9.4 tab — they were missing, only documented in the 9.0–9.3 tab.
  • Marks Contains as default for string fields in 9.4, Prefix as default in 9.0–9.3 (and for IP address fields in all versions).
  • Uses the actual UI label Searching and fixes setting order to match UI: Selections → Searching → Additional settings.

Closes #4951

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The default search technique for newly created Options List controls changed
from Prefix to Contains in 9.4 (Kibana PR #250992).

- Add Searching options to the 9.4 tab (were missing) with Contains as default
- Mark Prefix as default in the 9.0-9.3 tab
- Use the actual UI label "Searching" (not "Search technique") in both tabs
- Fix setting order to match UI: Selections → Searching → Additional settings

Closes #4951
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Content looks good, but there's a lot of italicization here that might not be necessary.

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Search for new controls uses contains instead of prefix by default

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