How to make a Lookup value wildcard search without asterisk (*) ?

[Mohammed Rafi Kolambil]

Lookup value to be filtered for a text field, that should have the provision to search without wild card(using asterisk ).

But the behavior has to be similar to that of wildcard search. 

 

For example:

If I have a Lookup to show the values like : Manual Testing, Regression Testing, SIT Testing, Testing Automation etc. Then If i enter the text 'Test' or 'Testing' in the lookup value filter, it should show me the above mentioned 4 testing values.

 

NB: This can be achievable by '*test', But I need a solution to populate the matching values in a lookup without the wildcard search. 

Also, the users are not interested in auto suggest as it can display only a maximum of 20 records.

[David Morton]

Can't help but think that the best answer is to educate users to type *test into an auto-suggest lookup.