Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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highend
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Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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A quick search pattern in the address bar like:
R:\Tmp;R:\Temp?

is sorted by default by name. Is there a way to sort it by path (by default!) instead?

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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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You mean to do that only for a multi-location search like shown in your example?

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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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Hm, I'm not sure whether such a default would be what all users always want. I assume you don't feel like a new sort-switch instead...?

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Imho for multi-location searches it makes absolute sense if the primary sort method is by path. The current behavior is irritating, ok, at least for me.

A switch would at least be a big improvement.

Let's wait for a few other voices?
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What about an option to default ALL searches to be sorted by Path (and 2ndarily by Name)?

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For me: A big YES.

Don't know if others see it the same way...
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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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I'll add a tweak for now. I guess I will use it as well. :)

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Thanks!
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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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A +1 from me.
On numerous occasions, including using Branch View, I have felt (annoyed, frustrated and down right P****d O**).
But I have always blamed it on M$.

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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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+1 for me as well.

But I was hoping that the new potential default setting (sort by path) would be standard for any branch view quick search (c:\path1), not just multi-location (c:\path1;d:\path2).

Indeed, even with one location, I see the same problem.

Branch View BEFORE sort by path
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Branch View AFTER sort by path
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Indeed. It would be nice if the tweak works for this scenario as well
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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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For Branch View you have this: Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Branch View | Default to tree-like sort order

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Re: Sort by path when quicksearching via address bar?

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The screenshots I shared above are snapshots of what I experience with that option (Default to tree-like sort order) already enabled.

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This has to be ticked as well: Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Branch View | Level-indent

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