Quick way in 'Find Files' to select the 'Find text'-box ?

[bugmenot2]

Today when I want to search text into directory via TC I click ALT+F7 , then click TAB few times until I arrive to "FIND TEXT" and then I press "SPACE" to check the checkbox and then I can write the text I want to search.(I working only with keyboard)

Is there a fast way to do that? 1 click that came to "FIND TEXT"

Thank you!





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[Dalai]

Pressing Alt+T should do it, provided the language file used has the "t" character as hotkey (underlined). You can find out all such characters by pressing just the Alt key, or if you set your Windows to always show these (usually underlined) indicators.

Regards
Dalai

[bugmenot2]

Pressing Alt+T should do it, provided the language file used has the "t" character as hotkey (underlined). You can find out all such characters by pressing just the Alt key, or if you set your Windows to always show these (usually underlined) indicators.

Regards
Dalai

ALT+T didn't do anything ....
I can configure it by Hotkey, but which command should I put there ?
I didn't find out how to see all the shortcuts using ALT +

[Stefan2]

2bugmenot2

- open "Find Files" by pressing ALT+F7
- see if there is an underscore at one of the chars of the 'Find text'-description
- for English language this should be 'Find text'
- for me this is visible just after opening "Find Files" , on other OS you may have to press and hold the ALT-key to let them appear.
- Now, press and hold the ALT-key and in addition press that found char at the same time.







 

[bugmenot2]

2bugmenot2

- open "Find Files" by pressing ALT+F7
- see if there is an underscore at one of the chars of the 'Find text'-description
- for English language this should be 'Find text'
- for me this is visible just after opening "Find Files" , on other OS you may have to press and hold the ALT-key to let them appear.
- Now, press and hold the ALT-key and in addition press that found char at the same time.







 

Yes I see the the underscore under "t"
Now if I press ALT+F7 and then ALT+T I can search the text , thank you!
But can I do it with 1 click only? without press ALT+F7?

[Dalai]

But can I do it with 1 click only? without press ALT+F7?

I doubt it. It's possible to load a search via a user-defined hotkey. It's also possible to save a search where searching for text is enabled, but I don't think the cursor will be placed in the "Find text" edit field when loading that search.

Some kind of script (e.g. AutoHotkey, AutoIT) could help here, doing all that for you: registering a hotkey of your choicce, opening TC's search and enabling the "Find text" checkbox so that TC places the cursor in that edit field automatically.

It's possible that there are other programs out there with which you can achieve your goal easier. I don't have any examples that would fit in this case because I haven't had the need to search for text in files all the time, apart from some occasions when I did many times a day.

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

but I don't think the cursor will be placed in the "Find text" edit field when loading that search.

It doesnt' - so a script is the only way to obtain this.

[Stefan2]

But can I do it with 1 click only? without press ALT+F7?

The closest would be:

- Hold the Alt-key
- Press F7-key
- Press T-key
- Release the Alt-key

That's one move





 

[jinsight]

Try this user command and bind it to a button or keystroke:

; Open Search and Find Text
[em_FindText]
cmd=%Commander_Path%\Addons\Nircmd_64\nircmd.exe sendkeypress alt+F7 alt+T

nircmd, a 116 k nirsoft utility is found at https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

[Fla$her]

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TCFS2:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utils\TCFS2\TCFS2.exe /ef "tcm(501,1) send(`{TAB 8} `)"

wcmicons.dll,27
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+ TCFS2Tools (focus on the checkbox instead of pressing [Tab] 8 times):

For TC x32:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utils\TCFS2\TCFS2.exe /ef "tcm(501,1) eval(send_wait(,findwnd(TFindFile))) msg(1075,65558,findwnd(TMyCheckBox,,findwnd(TTabPage,,findwnd(TMyTabbedNotebook,,findwnd(TFindFile)),0),14)) send(` `)"

wcmicons.dll,27
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For TC x64:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utils\TCFS2\TCFS2.exe /ef "tcm(501,1) eval(send_wait(,findwnd(TFindFile))) msg(1075,65558,findwnd(Button,,findwnd(Window,,findwnd(SysTabControl32,,findwnd(TFindFile)),0),16)) send(` `)"

wcmicons.dll,27
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