Just like how Telerik Grids are done for Silverlight Grid. I would like to have both the multi check box filter and the regular filter w/ 'Contains/Starts with/ Ends with' message on the same filter 'popup'. Is this possible with the current Kendo UI?
This is not supported out-of-the-box presently, Charlie. You current alternatives are to use one of the filter customization options listed below: http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-columns.filterable.cell http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-columns.filterable.cell.template http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-columns.filterable.itemTemplate http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-columns.filterable.ui having in mind that they don't cover the combined filter options you are after.