View previous search results

[zupermario]

Hello all,
Is there a way to get the last search result back, without searching again?

I carry out a very long search on many files, then I get the results, feed to listbox to be able to work on the first file resulting from the search (I move it, copy it, delete it, view it, and to do so I use both source/destination sides) and then subsequently I would like to get back the previous search to be able to work on the second result, and so on.

It is not efficient to re-run the same search because it takes a long time.

Is there a method? Couldn't the ALT-F7 panel display the result of the last search again until another search is performed?
Or, couldn't the "go back" and "go forward" buttons also retrace the search results previously sent to the listbox?

Thank you.

[Horst.Epp]

Use Shift Feed to listbox.to open the list in a new tab.

You can also use the following buttons after a Feed to listbox
Select all files in the list Ctrl-A and press this button

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%comspec% /c copy
"%UL" "%T\%B-0_SelectedFiles.txt"
C:\Tools\Wincmd\WCMICONS48.DLL,46
Selected file names to list in target

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-1

To restore the saved list, put the cursor on it and press this button

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
LOADLIST
%P%N
C:\Tools\Wincmd\WCMICONS48.DLL,31
LoadList from file under cursor

0
-1

[zupermario]

Use Shift Feed to listbox.to open the list in a new tab.

You can also use the following buttons after a Feed to listbox
Select all files in the list Ctrl-A and press this button

Wow fantastic! Thank you very much!

[Dalai]

Some other ways to keep the search results in a separate tab:

• After feeding the search results to the list press Ctrl+T to open a new tab. This duplicates the search results.
• Press Ctrl+CursorUp to open the directory under the cursor in a new tab in the active panel
• Press Ctrl+Shift+CursorUp to open the directory under the cursor in a new tab in the opposite panel
• Press Ctrl+CursorRight (or Ctrl+CursorLeft) to open the directory under the cursor in the opposite panel (active tab)

All points except the first work regardless of search results, i.e. they work also while browsing. If there's a file under the cursor instead of a directory, the directory containing the file is opened and TC will put the cursor onto the file.

There are probably even more ways to keep a tab more or less static.

Regards
Dalai

[zupermario]

Some other ways to keep the search results in a separate tab:

[nsp]

I'm personally using Virtual Panel to keep search results organized in folders. I also have VirtualPanel Scripts using ES on top of everything search to re-populate virtual folder in a click for everyday searches.
I use a temporary file to populate VPanel Folder or directly copying from Populated Search Result to VPanel.

[Horst.Epp]

I'm personally using Virtual Panel to keep search results organized in folders...

Since we have LOADLIST I stopped using VirtualPanel.

[petermad]

I use thes em_commands in my extended menu for saving and loading search results

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[em_ext_savelist0]
cmd=SAVESELECTION "%COMMANDER_INI%\..\SAVEDSEARCH.txt"

[em_ext_savelist]
cmd=cm_SelectAllBoth,em_ext_savelist0,cm_ClearAll
menu=Save search in the file SAVEDSEARCH.txt
button=wcmicons.dll,47

[em_ext_loadlist]
cmd=LOADLIST "%COMMANDER_INI%\..\SAVEDSEARCH.txt"
menu=Load search from the file SAVEDSEARCH.txt
button=wcmicons.dll,47

The benefit compared to Horst.Epp's solution is that I avoid using the DOS console.

[ghisler(Author)]

Another way to keep the search open would be using "Search in separate process". Then "Feed to listbox" doesn't close the search window and can be used repeatedly.