How to stop a long branch view from getting "rescanned"?

[autocart]

Yo'll, hello,
How can I stop a really long branch view from getting "rescanned" every time when I just switch tabs back and forth?
I already tried disabling auto-refresh and enabling "cache search results" (with a value of "0").
Thx and regards

[admin]

How long is "really long"?

FYI, caching branch views existed but was removed for reasons:

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v10.60.0101 - 2011-11-28 15:36
    - Configuration | Find Files & Flat View: Removed option "Cache flat 
      view contents". Reasons: Caching is not efficient compared to a 
      live flat view; and with a flat view you want to see something 
      fresh anyway, not yesterdays papers.

[autocart]

Around 50,000 files.
Of course, it would be preferable if the flat/branch view stayed "live" but it should not get rescanned when I switch tabs back and forth. Just continue behaving as if I had not switched tabs. When I switch back to the breach view tab it takes a minute before I can work with the view again.

[admin]

Well, that's not possible. Caching would be even slower.

[autocart]

ok, no biggy, thanks for the clarification.
Then I probably better do a traditional search.

I hope that the new Live Filter memory will apply to this scenario when doing a search and then filtering the search results down further.
viewtopic.php?p=222031#p222031

[admin]

1) when you do a find-all (*) traditional search, with caching, is it faster than a rescanned branch view?

2) it does

[autocart]

1) holy cow! reading from cache seems even slower than doing a whole new search (or branch view)!
Thanks for pointing that out.
In that case it would be better to do any search or branch view in a whole new XY window with just that one tab so that no tab changes can occur there (probably best as a Throw-Away-Clone).

[admin]

Yep, Throw-Away-Clone is good for that.

[Horst]

What about using the Everything search script from the forum ?
It gives you a flat view and stays in a Paper folder.
It has the benefit to run in a few seconds, so you start with an actual list.
You can always go back to this after working with some files or dirs.

[autocart]

What about using the Everything search script from the forum ?
It gives you a flat view and stays in a Paper folder.
It has the benefit to run in a few seconds, so you start with an actual list.
You can always go back to this after working with some files or dirs.

Hmm ... sounds intriguing.
Do you have a link to the correct thread?
If I search the forum for "Everything" i get ... well, everything or at least a lot.

[Horst]

What about using the Everything search script from the forum ?
It gives you a flat view and stays in a Paper folder.
It has the benefit to run in a few seconds, so you start with an actual list.
You can always go back to this after working with some files or dirs.

Hmm ... sounds intriguing.
Do you have a link to the correct thread?
If I search the forum for "Everything" i get ... well, everything or at least a lot.

Yes, it's a long thread, but easy to configure.
viewtopic.php?t=23224

[admin]

It cannot be faster than XY's find cache.

[autocart]

Thank you, Horst!

It cannot be faster than XY's find cache.

you forgot the winking face emoji

[admin]

Nope, I was dead serious. The bottle neck not getting the file names but filling all the columns in the list for each file.

[autocart]

ok, but before, my tests showed that even a new search was faster than a "cached search".

P.S.: Anyway, I find it a tad too difficult to set Everything up and work with it. I rather use an XY throw away clone if I have to search or branch view with lots of files. Thanks for all the thoughts.