I don't like it. I've had this discussion before with other file managers and I still don't see the logic in it or, according to them, how it makes things easier. If I want to see if there is a file 01.jpg in a folder and I enter 01.jpg in the visual filter then I see 01.jpg, 001.jpg, pic001.jpg etc... which is no help at all if there are thirty plus files with names of *01.jpg!admin wrote:+ Visual Filter: added auto-wildcarding ...
Ah, good point. Although I would never use VF to checking for one file. I would simply sort by name and scroll to the file.Gandolf wrote:I don't like it. I've had this discussion before with other file managers and I still don't see the logic in it or, according to them, how it makes things easier. If I want to see if there is a file 01.jpg in a folder and I enter 01.jpg in the visual filter then I see 01.jpg, 001.jpg, pic001.jpg etc... which is no help at all if there are thirty plus files with names of *01.jpg!admin wrote:+ Visual Filter: added auto-wildcarding ...
Can there be an option NOT to have auto-wildcarding?
).Allthough that's not always for one file only, and can include wildcars, I use VF for thoose "quick manual search" every day!!admin wrote:But, hey, when you keep the VF and browse different locations looking for that one file, that makes sense!! (Never thought of this cool usage...
I vote yes !admin wrote:So, what about quoting a pattern to signal it shall be an exact match?! You'd have to enter "file 01.jpg" then.
Me too! The same syntax would apply to Selection Filter and even to Find Files, making the slightly confusing "Exact Match" checkbox obsolete! Good?jacky wrote:I vote yes !admin wrote:So, what about quoting a pattern to signal it shall be an exact match?! You'd have to enter "file 01.jpg" then.
Sounds good to me. And I dont even have Templates with EM checked so it's all good for meadmin wrote:The same syntax would apply to Selection Filter and even to Find Files, making the slightly confusing "Exact Match" checkbox obsolete! Good?
I think nobody has, apart from Gandolf, of course.jacky wrote:Sounds good to me. And I dont even have Templates with EM checked so it's all good for meadmin wrote:The same syntax would apply to Selection Filter and even to Find Files, making the slightly confusing "Exact Match" checkbox obsolete! Good?
Ah yes, I'll add that tomorrow.jacky wrote:Side-note: hmm so VF do not support RegExp (>) it seems! Damn, I was sure it did!
Any reason for this? Since even Selection Filters does support it, made sense to me that VF would too
Interesting idea. The normal way to avoid the multiple selection is to add a wildcard. 01.jpg* would display 01.jpg, and probably nothing else, which appears illogical to me. It doesn't always work so a means of indication exact match looks excellent.admin wrote:So, what about quoting a pattern to signal it shall be an exact match?!
Like jacky, I do it regularly. It's quicker than a search if you have a good idea what directories contain the matching files.admin wrote:But, hey, when you keep the VF and browse different locations looking for that one file, that makes sense!! (Never thought of this cool usage... Embarassed ).
Yes, good idea for the Find Files Exact Match to go. Enclosing the matching text in quotes is also consistent with many web search engines, I like it.admin wrote:The same syntax would apply to Selection Filter and even to Find Files, making the slightly confusing "Exact Match" checkbox obsolete! Good?
Yes, the trailing quote is redundant and will be optional. Laziness rules!j_c_hallgren wrote:I add my vote to switching the Exact Match to using the quotes...
Just curious...could it be done also if there was only a leading "?
So we could get lazy and not need the trailing one? That a leading quote would default to a trailing quote after last non-blank if no trailing quote...
Done.admin wrote:Ah yes, I'll add that tomorrow.jacky wrote:Side-note: hmm so VF do not support RegExp (>) it seems! Damn, I was sure it did!
Any reason for this? Since even Selection Filters does support it, made sense to me that VF would too
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