Sharepoint : Is there a webpart filter that supports wildcards?

Question

I have a document library with a custom column named "compound" which is just text.

I want to put a filter (input text box) on that document library page so the view shows only the items where the compound column contains my typed-in text. Optimally, wildcards such as * or ? or full regular expressions could be supported... but for now, I just need a "contains".

The out-of-the-box text filter seems to only support an exact match.

The result output would be identical to what I would see if I created a new view, and added a filter with a "contains" clause.

Third party solutions are acceptable.

Answer 1

KWizCom has a filter web part that looks like it might do what you want: KWizCom SharePoint List Filter Plus

Another option to try is using a SharePoint Designer Data View Web Part. I believe you can write the filter with a "contains" from SPD.

Answer 2

I know you can set up this kind of filter more easily if you add the normal List View to a page, and the edit it with SharePoint Designer. In SPD, you can set up a "begins with" filter. Here's a discussion where someone suggested the same thing.