Searching Array of String Values

I see that this functionality was confirmed not to exist in #361, but I think it would be a useful feature to implement. Currently I'm having to workaround by converting an array of strings into an array of objects which feels clunky. I'm thinking that if title-fields and search-fields are left blank, the code will attempt to treat the local-data or the response form the remote url as an array of strings instead of an array of objects.

I might be able to work on this myself at some point, but if somebody who's more familiar with the code is able to implement this that would be fantastic.

This is my exact use case, and my exact thought process for implementation. It feels perfectly natural, would love to see this get implemented.