Is there a way to auto fire a mdb-completer by clicking a icon and not having to type anything? The reason is I have other optional filter criteria they can use in addition to typing in the mdb-completer. If they click the icon, I want to give them a result based on the other optional filter criteria. I can do it using jquery ui autocomplete with a method like this: function trigger_search_autocomplete() { $("#filter-input").data("ui-autocomplete").term = ""; $("#filter-input").val(''); $("#filter-input").autocomplete( "search", " " ); } But I want to use only mdb components, so that's not an option for me.  

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