Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

English support forum

Moderators: Hacker, petermad, Stefan2, white

Post Reply
funges
Junior Member
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Joined: 2020-10-31, 17:28 UTC

Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

Post by *funges »

Hello everyone,

I am struggling to find a solution (if there is any at all) for the following case, please.

Say I have a folder which includes 3000 subfolders (and still growing).
I need to find names of subfolders matching my desired conditions using various *syntaxes in the Expand selection command ("+").
It worked ok so far with reasonable low amount of subfolders (the results are marked in red). But in this amount of subfolders it is bit of pain to scroll through the whole list of so many subfolders and find those marked.

Is there any workaround or plugin which shrinks "+" results to only those matching wildcard (display only marked valid results) ?
eg. sort of Search-Find files function and List to the feedbox ?

There is sort of way using Search-Find files function and list to the feedbox but it is way to long to click through + waiting for search to complete then Feed to list box. And entering into one of the matching folders and returning back will result in lost of results (I think).

Thanks for help in advance,

Frantisek
User avatar
Horst.Epp
Power Member
Power Member
Posts: 6981
Joined: 2003-02-06, 17:36 UTC
Location: Germany

Re: Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

Post by *Horst.Epp »

You can shrink your list and view the selected files only by using
cm_ShowOnlySelected
Windows 11 Home, Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4061)
TC 11.55 RC2 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1391a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.5.2.0, Listary Pro 6.3.2.88
QAP 11.6.4.4 x64
gdpr deleted 6
Power Member
Power Member
Posts: 872
Joined: 2013-09-04, 14:07 UTC

Re: Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

Post by *gdpr deleted 6 »

Aside from being available as command cm_ShowOnlySelected, the "Only Selected Files" mode is also available as an option in the "Show" menu :)
funges
Junior Member
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Joined: 2020-10-31, 17:28 UTC

Re: Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

Post by *funges »

ok, thank you for hints to the command. Based on that I found this disscusion that will at least partially helps, but still not fully
viewtopic.php?t=52567

"Another way is to use the quick filter (Ctrl+S) instead of the "permanent" filter via Ctrl+F12. Press Ctrl+S, type *MICHAEL* (or whatever filter term you need), then press ESC once to hide the filter input box and return focus to normal panel. As soon as you enter any directory, the quick filter will reset, i.e. you will see everything in the subdirs. To activate the same quick filter again, press Ctrl+Shift+S."
User avatar
Hacker
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 13142
Joined: 2003-02-06, 14:56 UTC
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia

Re: Expand selection "+" folders to show only / shrink results to matching folders

Post by *Hacker »

funges,
Also, Ctrl-F12.

HTH
Roman
Mal angenommen, du drückst Strg+F, wählst die FTP-Verbindung (mit gespeichertem Passwort), klickst aber nicht auf Verbinden, sondern fällst tot um.
Post Reply