diff --git a/src/dropdownListModel.ts b/src/dropdownListModel.ts
index 3bb93586cc..9768edc298 100644
--- a/src/dropdownListModel.ts
+++ b/src/dropdownListModel.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class DropdownListModel extends Base {
 
   private _markdownMode = false;
   private _popupModel: PopupModel;
+  private filteredItems: Array<ItemValue> = undefined;
   @property({ defaultValue: false }) focused: boolean;
   private get focusFirstInputSelector(): string {
     return this.getFocusFirstInputSelector();
@@ -160,12 +161,9 @@ export class DropdownListModel extends Base {
       };
     }
     const res = new ListModel<ItemValue>(visibleItems, _onSelectionChanged, false, undefined, this.question.choicesLazyLoadEnabled ? this.listModelFilterStringChanged : undefined, this.listElementId);
-    res.setOnTextSearchCallback((text: string, textToSearch: string) => {
-      const options = { question: this.question, text: text, filter: textToSearch, result: undefined as boolean };
-      (this.question.survey as SurveyModel).onItemTextSearch.fire(this.question.survey as SurveyModel, options);
-      if (options.result !== undefined) return options.result;
-
-      let textInLow = text.toLocaleLowerCase();
+    res.setOnTextSearchCallback((item: ItemValue, textToSearch: string) => {
+      if (this.filteredItems) return this.filteredItems.indexOf(item) >= 0;
+      let textInLow = item.text.toLocaleLowerCase();
       textInLow = settings.comparator.normalizeTextCallback(textInLow, "filter");
       const index = textInLow.indexOf(textToSearch.toLocaleLowerCase());
       return this.question.searchMode == "startsWith" ? index == 0 : index > -1;
@@ -202,7 +200,12 @@ export class DropdownListModel extends Base {
     this.resetFilterString();
   }
   protected onSetFilterString(): void {
+    this.filteredItems = undefined;
     if (!this.filterString && !this.popupModel.isVisible) return;
+    const options = { question: this.question, items: this.getAvailableItems(), filter: this.filterString, result: undefined as Array<ItemValue> };
+    (this.question.survey as SurveyModel).onChoicesSearch.fire(this.question.survey as SurveyModel, options);
+    this.filteredItems = options.result;
+
     if (!!this.filterString && !this.popupModel.isVisible) {
       this.popupModel.isVisible = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/list.ts b/src/list.ts
index d93fc2dcd6..223754eb48 100644
--- a/src/list.ts
+++ b/src/list.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class ListModel<T extends BaseAction = Action> extends ActionContainer<T>
   private hasText(item: T, filterStringInLow: string): boolean {
     if (!filterStringInLow) return true;
     const text = item.title || "";
-    if (this.onTextSearchCallback) return this.onTextSearchCallback(text, filterStringInLow);
+    if (this.onTextSearchCallback) return this.onTextSearchCallback(item, filterStringInLow);
     let textInLow = text.toLocaleLowerCase();
     textInLow = settings.comparator.normalizeTextCallback(textInLow, "filter");
     return textInLow.indexOf(filterStringInLow.toLocaleLowerCase()) > -1;
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ export class ListModel<T extends BaseAction = Action> extends ActionContainer<T>
     this.setItems(items);
     this.selectedItem = selectedItem;
   }
-  private onTextSearchCallback: (text: string, textToSearch: string) => boolean;
+  private onTextSearchCallback: (item: T, textToSearch: string) => boolean;
   public setOnFilterStringChangedCallback(callback: (text: string) => void) {
     this.onFilterStringChangedCallback = callback;
   }
-  public setOnTextSearchCallback(callback: (text: string, textToSearch: string) => boolean) {
+  public setOnTextSearchCallback(callback: (item: T, textToSearch: string) => boolean) {
     this.onTextSearchCallback = callback;
   }
   public setItems(items: Array<IAction>, sortByVisibleIndex = true): void {
diff --git a/src/survey-events-api.ts b/src/survey-events-api.ts
index 5a44634877..1923c19490 100644
--- a/src/survey-events-api.ts
+++ b/src/survey-events-api.ts
@@ -611,17 +611,15 @@ export interface ChoicesLazyLoadEvent extends QuestionEventMixin {
   skip: number;
 }
 
-export interface ItemTextSearchEvent extends QuestionEventMixin {
-  /**
-   * A text...
-   */
-  text: string;
+export interface ChoicesSearchEvent extends QuestionEventMixin {
   /**
    * A search string used to filter.
    */
   filter: string;
 
-  result: boolean;
+  items: Array<ItemValue>;
+
+  result: Array<ItemValue>;
 }
 
 export interface GetChoiceDisplayValueEvent extends QuestionEventMixin {
diff --git a/src/survey.ts b/src/survey.ts
index 91bc5144af..6247b49c82 100644
--- a/src/survey.ts
+++ b/src/survey.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import {
   MatrixCellValidateEvent, DynamicPanelModifiedEvent, DynamicPanelRemovingEvent, TimerPanelInfoTextEvent, DynamicPanelItemValueChangedEvent, DynamicPanelGetTabTitleEvent,
   DynamicPanelCurrentIndexChangedEvent, IsAnswerCorrectEvent, DragDropAllowEvent, ScrollingElementToTopEvent, GetQuestionTitleActionsEvent, GetPanelTitleActionsEvent,
   GetPageTitleActionsEvent, GetPanelFooterActionsEvent, GetMatrixRowActionsEvent, ElementContentVisibilityChangedEvent, GetExpressionDisplayValueEvent,
-  ServerValidateQuestionsEvent, MultipleTextItemAddedEvent, MatrixColumnAddedEvent, GetQuestionDisplayValueEvent, PopupVisibleChangedEvent, ItemTextSearchEvent
+  ServerValidateQuestionsEvent, MultipleTextItemAddedEvent, MatrixColumnAddedEvent, GetQuestionDisplayValueEvent, PopupVisibleChangedEvent, ChoicesSearchEvent
 } from "./survey-events-api";
 import { QuestionMatrixDropdownModelBase } from "./question_matrixdropdownbase";
 import { QuestionMatrixDynamicModel } from "./question_matrixdynamic";
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ export class SurveyModel extends SurveyElementCore
    */
   public onChoicesLazyLoad: EventBase<SurveyModel, ChoicesLazyLoadEvent> = this.addEvent<SurveyModel, ChoicesLazyLoadEvent>();
 
-  public onItemTextSearch: EventBase<SurveyModel, ItemTextSearchEvent> = this.addEvent<SurveyModel, ItemTextSearchEvent>();
+  public onChoicesSearch: EventBase<SurveyModel, ChoicesSearchEvent> = this.addEvent<SurveyModel, ChoicesSearchEvent>();
 
   /**
    * Use this event to load a display text for the [default choice item](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiondropdownmodel#defaultValue) in [Dropdown](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiondropdownmodel) and [Tag Box](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontagboxmodel) questions.
diff --git a/tests/dropdown_list_model_test.ts b/tests/dropdown_list_model_test.ts
index cb7277626c..8708f2b2b8 100644
--- a/tests/dropdown_list_model_test.ts
+++ b/tests/dropdown_list_model_test.ts
@@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ QUnit.test("DropdownListModel filter event", (assert) => {
     }]
   });
 
-  survey.onItemTextSearch.add((sender, options) => {
-    options.result = options.text.indexOf(options.filter) + options.filter.length == options.text.length;
+  survey.onChoicesSearch.add((sender, options) => {
+    options.result = options.items.filter(item => item.text.indexOf(options.filter) + options.filter.length == item.text.length);
   });
 
   const question = <QuestionDropdownModel>survey.getAllQuestions()[0];