Autocomplete

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Datalist

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View
@Html.AutoCompleteFor(model => model.Id, new PeopleDatalist())
View
@Html.DatalistFor(model => model.Id, new PeopleDatalist())
Controller
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    private DbContext Context { get; }

    public HomeController(DbContext context)
    {
        Context = context;
    }

    [HttpGet]
    public JsonResult AllPeople(DatalistFilter filter)
    {
        PeopleDatalist datalist = new PeopleDatalist(Context) { Filter = filter };

        return Json(datalist.GetData(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}
Datalist
public class PeopleDatalist : MvcDatalist<Person>
{
    private DbContext Context { get; }

    public PeopleDatalist(DbContext context)
    {
        Context = context;

        // Defaults to property with a name "Id".
        GetId = (model) => model.Id;
    }
    public PeopleDatalist()
    {
        Url = "AllPeople";
    }

    public override IQueryable<Person> GetModels()
    {
        return Context.Set<Person>();
    }
}