By default, the FilterBarPromptPattern property is empty. If the FilterBarPromptPattern property is empty, the filter bar displays the FilterBarPrompt property, if the FilterBarPromptVisible property is True. The FilterBarPromptPattern property indicates the patter to filter the list. The IncrementalSearch property indicates the type of filtering.

The filter prompt works based on the IncrementalSearch property as follows:

• exStartWith, the list contains only items that starts with filter prompt's text (  FilterBarPromptPattern property ).
• exContains, the list displays only items that contains the filter prompt's text (  FilterBarPromptPattern property ).