Find Files

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » 06 Sep 2006 03:20

A quick question about the find files function. I'm sorry if this info is available elsewhere but I haven't been able to find it.

Anyways, here goes...

If I do a “find files” which puts the results into the current tab, how do I "undo" the search (ie revert the list view within the tab back to what was prior to the search)?

Thnx
JohnM

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 06 Sep 2006 03:46

There may be a quicker way, but how I just did it was to use the History- back button (or Alt+Left arrow) followed by History-next (or Alt+Right arrow), which seems to have reset the list back to before search...(I personally use "results to Search Results" tab option about 99% of the time)...

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 06 Sep 2006 03:53

hmm.. Yeah seems that the history needs to have a Back and then Forward to actually "go back", sounds like a bug to me

Anyways, either that, or you could also click on the Tree, etc

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 06 Sep 2006 04:48

Also "Go to from Here" (Ctrl+Shift+G) if you want to use the keyboard.

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » 06 Sep 2006 06:47

I am trying to make a "show all files in the current branch" search template. My favourite DOS-based file manager XTree Gold could do this and I am trying to mimic it in XY. The only trouble I'm having is reverting the tab back to the way it was before (that and I'd love to be able to assign a hotkey to the search template, but that's a whole other story).

Maybe I should just send the results to the search tab...
Although it would be neat if there was a way "undoing" the search...

Cheers
JohnM

Post by **admin** » 06 Sep 2006 08:36

JohnM wrote:I am trying to make a "show all files in the current branch" search template. My favourite DOS-based file manager XTree Gold could do this and I am trying to mimic it in XY...

Address bar: ? <enter>.

JohnM wrote:The only trouble I'm having is reverting the tab back to the way it was before...

F5.

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » 06 Sep 2006 08:40

As simple as that. Thank you very much.

Cheers
JohnM

Post by **admin** » 06 Sep 2006 08:57

PS: when your search results are on a locked tab (e.g. the "Search Results" tab) then F5 will repeat the search.
Here's another simple method to return from find to browse mode (if Tree has focus): <space>.

When the catalog has KS (keyboard shorcuts), then you can easily define a catalog item that does a "?" search for you and attach a KS. Then you'll have "List the whole branch" at one-click resp. one-press!

Post by **admin** » 06 Sep 2006 11:17

I just added a nice functionality to F7: If currently in Find mode then F7 now zaps back to browsing the current location. So you can easily switch between searching and browsing a location by pressing F3, F7, F3, F7... ad infinitum.

Post by **admin** » 06 Sep 2006 11:31

admin wrote:
JohnM wrote:I am trying to make a "show all files in the current branch" search template. My favourite DOS-based file manager XTree Gold could do this and I am trying to mimic it in XY...
Address bar: ? <enter>.

Actually it must be Address bar: ? /r <enter> to be indep of the Include Subfolders setting.
But I just added a new keyboard shortcut for it anyway...

ugus · Post by **ugus** » 07 Sep 2006 11:54

+ Menu Edit: added command "Show All Items In Branch (Ctrl+F3)".
Recurses the current folder (including subfolders) and lists
everything in it independent of the current Find Files settings.

Bravo!! This feature is a super addition.... to XY.

Cheers Ulrik

Post by **admin** » 07 Sep 2006 11:56

ugus wrote:
+ Menu Edit: added command "Show All Items In Branch (Ctrl+F3)".
Recurses the current folder (including subfolders) and lists
everything in it independent of the current Find Files settings.
Bravo!! This feature is a super addition.... to XY.

Yep!

I'll change one more thing: currently it sets the name field to "* /r". I'll stop that, so that Find settings are completely ignored and untouched.

RalphM · Post by **RalphM** » 07 Sep 2006 14:46

admin wrote:I just added a nice functionality to F7: If currently in Find mode then F7 now zaps back to browsing the current location. So you can easily switch between searching and browsing a location by pressing F3, F7, F3, F7... ad infinitum.

In order to allow ad infinitum, F7 should either switch to the search location or F3 should preserve the search location.
If I hit F7 the currently selected folder from tree is displayed in browse mode and a subsequent F3 searches then that folder - which usually isn't identical to the one that was selected in search location before...hm

Post by **admin** » 07 Sep 2006 14:52

RalphM wrote:
admin wrote:I just added a nice functionality to F7: If currently in Find mode then F7 now zaps back to browsing the current location. So you can easily switch between searching and browsing a location by pressing F3, F7, F3, F7... ad infinitum.
In order to allow ad infinitum, F7 should either switch to the search location or F3 should preserve the search location.
If I hit F7 the currently selected folder from tree is displayed in browse mode and a subsequent F3 searches then that folder - which usually isn't identical to the one that was selected in search location before...hm

Well, I said F3, F7, F3, F7..., not F7, F3, F7, F3...

F3: search the current location
F7: go back to the last browsed location

F3 results always in find mode
F7 results always in browse mode

RalphM · Post by **RalphM** » 07 Sep 2006 16:33

admin wrote:Well, I said F3, F7, F3, F7..., not F7, F3, F7, F3...

F3: search the current location
F7: go back to the last browsed location

F3 results always in find mode
F7 results always in browse mode

And never leave the tab in find mode or you loose this functionality

When switching to a find tab, the search location doesn't get the focus in the tree, so with F7 you end up browsing the location of your last visited browse tab

That's true even with "Synchronize tree with search location" switched on, so I'd say it's a bug.
And on a side note: You end up with two browse tabs pointing to the same folder