Quick search, Alt-underscore or Alt-dash

[serjayes]

When "Quick search" option Alt-Letters is selected, quick search to the file name which starts with underscore "_" or dash "-" is not possible.
Underscore and dash can't be handled also in the middle of the file name.

[Sir_SiLvA]

Cant confirm that

Created files _test and -test and put the cursor an ..
then I tipped _test/-test and landed on the files.

Please try it again with a Clear Ini
(ie try totalcmd.exe /i=test.ini)

[StickyNomad]

Hm, at least here I also can't quicksearch to an underscore when using ALT+letters. With letters only it works as expected.

[serjayes]

"Quick search" is configured for ALT-Letters, and the command line is turned on. Alt "-" ord Alt "_" can't move to such files, either at the start or in the middle of the name.

[StickyNomad]

2serjayes
Yes, I understood and confirmed your observation, so may be sth can be fixed here (if it's not intentional behaviour)

I personally prefer the option 'letters only - with quicksearch dialog'. It is far more comfortable that the standard mode. And the focus can be moved to the commandline easily by pressing cursor left/right (combined with SHIFT when in brief or thumbnail mode) then.

[serjayes]

2 StickyNomad

I tried what you suggest, but I use the command line so much that the "letters only" is really not for me.

Now I also tried to reach _ (with Alt-Letters option) in the *middle* of the file name, and I can reach it if I *don't* hold the Alt button. As long as Alt is pressed it's like I already described, '-' and '_' are not recognized as input.

[StickyNomad]

2serjayes

Hm, maybe there's another workaround:

You could deactivate quicksearch in configuration and then use the command 'cm_showquicksearch' to open the quicksearch dialog.

You can define an alias or a hotkey, e.g. CTRL+S with that command to open the QS-dialog (that can include wildcards, which is the big advantage over the standard method. Also you can jump between the found files).

All standard keypresses are still sent to the command line then...

[ghisler(Author)]

It depends on the national keyboard whether "-" or "_" work or not with alt. Use the other options, they use character values instead of keyboard scan codes.

[serjayes]

Thanks a lot StickyNomad, that's a really good idea.

I discovered that I can keep the Alt Letters option turned on and use it as before for simple names and to search for some "hard" name I can specially invoke the dialog with cm_showquicksearch, and then if I type in it I can locate the files.

[StickyNomad]

2serjayes
Nice to hear that, I'm glad I could help.

[petermad]

2serjayes
You can also just pres ALT+*, then delete the * and write the _

[serjayes]

2 petermad

Thanks, that's a good idea.

I didn't use the * from the numeric pad, but I pressed alt shift 8 (where * is on my U.S. layout keyboard). The empty quick search appeared, so it looked even better. Then I tested it, if I have the file which starts with 8, even alt shift 8 will jump to that file (shift is ignored), and if I don't have such file, empty search appears. Anyway now I know that for "hard" file names I should use the trick "first make the quick search dialog appear, then search", and that I can search without holding Alt, even if the Alt is configured to start the search.