diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/GITHUB#4121-improve-search-in-dropdown.yml b/changelog/unreleased/GITHUB#4121-improve-search-in-dropdown.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9f6f9f0685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/GITHUB#4121-improve-search-in-dropdown.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title:  Dropdowns for collection/core, for fields on the schema-page and for field-types on the analyze page are now using a contains-filtering
+type: changed
+authors:
+  - name: Renato Haeberli
+links:
+- name: GITHUB#4121
+  url: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/4121
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/index.html b/solr/webapp/web/index.html
index 7e692e0efcd..b3c7197a37e 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/index.html
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/index.html
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ <h2>Connection recovered...</h2>
                 <select placeholder-text-single="'Collection Selector'"
                         ng-model="currentCollection"
                         chosen
+                        search-contains="true"
                         ng-change="showCollection(currentCollection)"
                         ng-options="collection.name for collection in aliases_and_collections"></select>
               </div>
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ <h2>Connection recovered...</h2>
                 <select placeholder-text-single="'Core Selector'"
                         ng-model="currentCore"
                         chosen
+                        search-contains="true"
                         ng-change="showCore(currentCore)"
                         ng-options="core.name for core in cores"></select>
               </div>
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/partials/analysis.html b/solr/webapp/web/partials/analysis.html
index 23527f7351c..116859eccc5 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/partials/analysis.html
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/partials/analysis.html
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@
           <li class="settings-holder clearfix">
             <div class="settings clearfix">
               <label for="type_or_name">Analyse Fieldname / FieldType:</label>
-              <select style="width:130px" chosen ng-change="changeFieldOrType()" id="type_or_name" ng-model="fieldOrType" ng-options="f.value as f.label group by f.group for f in fieldsAndTypes"></select>
+              <select style="width:130px"
+                      chosen ng-change="changeFieldOrType()" id="type_or_name"
+                      ng-model="fieldOrType"
+                      search-contains="true"
+                      ng-options="f.value as f.label group by f.group for f in fieldsAndTypes">
+
+              </select>
 
               <a id="tor_schema" ng-href="#/{{core}}/schema?{{schemaBrowserUrl}}"><span>Schema Browser</span>&nbsp;</a>
 
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/partials/schema.html b/solr/webapp/web/partials/schema.html
index 9913dbd2f2c..0b60154a05e 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/partials/schema.html
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/partials/schema.html
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ <h2>
              ng-model="fieldOrType"
              chosen
              data-placeholder="Please select ..."
+             search-contains="true"
              ng-change="selectFieldOrType()"
              ng-options="f.value as f.label group by f.group for f in fieldsAndTypes"></select>
 
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ <h2>
                 </form>
             </div>
         </dd>
-        
+
         <dt class="dynamic-field" ng-class="{active: selectedType=='Dynamic Field'}" ng-show="leftbar.dynamicFields">Dynamic Field</dt>
         <dd class="dynamic-field" ng-class="{active: selectedType=='Dynamic Field'}" ng-repeat="field in leftbar.dynamicFields"><a href="#/{{core}}/schema?dynamic-field={{field}}">{{field}}</a></dd>