XYplorer Beta Club

Hi,
When I do a file-search and apply a visual filter to the search-results-list then it performs (auto-refreshes?) the whole search again.
Is there a way to apply a filter to the search results without performing the whole search again?
Regards, Stephan

Not yet, but the so-called "live filter" or "instant filter" is planned.

admin wrote:Not yet, but the so-called "live filter" or "instant filter" is planned.

The holy grail of filters?!

Yes, but it's also a holy can of worms. It gives me the creeps when I think of it. It's a LOT of work, it will take a LONG time to get it bug free.

Yes, you are right if you start developing from scratch. But for me a simple process would be enough. Keypresses wouldn't start a Type-Ahead-Find, but they would be added to the visual filter one by one, provoking a refresh list after each press (similarly to the coloring phase of type ahead find). As the type ahead find has a timeout, this would be one also, and after the timeout expired the visual filter could be handled in the normal way. I think the v1.0 can be as simple as my description.

I think there's already some code in XY and it's the filtering of lists (the magnifying-glass bottom left checkbox).

This would have almost bee a deal-breaker for me, but I bought it anyway just now, since you said it's planned...
But seriousy, I was choosing between XYp and x2 but the last (big and important) pepple that finally made me decide for XYp is the support for overlong filenames (at least I could not find that in x2). So it's done and bought.
I wish you, Don, all the energy you need to keep up the good development. I am sure that I will contribute a lot more feature requests.

BTW, are you develping XYp all alone or do you have help. Will somebody take this further in case one day you should not be able to do so anymore?

Best regards, Stephan

Marco wrote:I think there's already some code in XY and it's the filtering of lists (the magnifying-glass bottom left checkbox).

Yes, it's exactly this. The theory is crystal clear. But the file list is a different control, and it's very big.

autocart wrote:BTW, are you develping XYp all alone or do you have help. Will somebody take this further in case one day you should not be able to do so anymore?

LOL, you are the positive kind of guy, right? Wait, I'll post my medical charts and genetic outlooks, plus an updated horoscope in a minute... ... and in the worst case I'm sure the NSA will take over.

Your right, it sounds a bit negative, doesn't it. I was only trying to be realistic, though. Besides health, there are other things too ... But anyway, never mind my question. I did not want to be negative, bother, alert or startle you nor anyone else. Sorry if I did.

And your right again, I completely forgot about NSA, that fast. That's what they are counting on.

The product is very good and usable, BTW. Great tool. Thx for your good work.

admin wrote:

Marco wrote:I think there's already some code in XY and it's the filtering of lists (the magnifying-glass bottom left checkbox).

Yes, it's exactly this. The theory is crystal clear. But the file list is a different control, and it's very big.

Oh yeah since it is your custom control so that does require a different way of having fun with it right?

The other list is also my control, but it's simpler.

autocart wrote: BTW, are you develping XYp all alone or do you have help. Will somebody take this further in case one day you should not be able to do so anymore?

Your words remind me to scene from movie " Forrest Gump ", when he stopped running, and confusion of his followers. Run Don, run
Don't stop.

Dario wrote:

autocart wrote: BTW, are you develping XYp all alone or do you have help. Will somebody take this further in case one day you should not be able to do so anymore?

Your words remind me to scene from movie " Forrest Gump ", when he stopped running, and confusion of his followers.

forest-gump1.jpg

Run Don, run
Don't stop.

Epic

Dario wrote:

autocart wrote: BTW, are you develping XYp all alone or do you have help. Will somebody take this further in case one day you should not be able to do so anymore?

Your words remind me to scene from movie " Forrest Gump ", when he stopped running, and confusion of his followers.

forest-gump1.jpg

Run Don, run
Don't stop.

lol, true!