suggestion: search as you type

[hamoid]

Hi,

I'm used to 'Search as you type' in Firefox.

Since day 1 I have used typing to make TC jump to a file that starts with what I type. (eg. I type 'aut' and the cursor goes to autoexec.bat)

My suggestion here is improve this system, so it does not got to a file whose name starts with 'aut', but to a file that contains 'aut' in the name.

Why? Because sometimes you have several files in a folder with the same beginning, for example:

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helper_curb65.as
helper_fine.as

With this new method we could type 'fine' and the cursor would jump to the second file directly. This is specially useful when we have 20 or 30 files with the same prefix: in those cases the current method is not practical.

Hope someone is interested in this. Greetings,

Abe

[Hacker]

Hi,
See please [Feature Request] - Automatic "*" in seach-dialog.

HTH
Roman

[petermad]

Just type *fine to find files that contain fine in the name

[hamoid]

Thanks for such quick reply!

I didn't know I could type * to achieve this.

Since I'm a AutoHotKey user, I wrote this simple script:

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Rctrl & Lctrl::
send, *
return

Pressing right control and left control is easier for me than finding the * key in a spanish keyboard (shift and '+').

Thanks and greetings =)

[petermad]

2hamoid

Pressing right control and left control is easier for me than finding the * key in a spanish keyboard (shift and '+').

Isn't there an asterix (*) on the numeric keyboard in Spain ??

[Hacker]

petermad,

asterix

Roman

[petermad]

2Hacker

asterix

I am sure there is an A... on the French keyboard

[Balderstrom]

I'd think a "quickfilter" that could popup where the quicksearch does now would be a nice improvement, it should be "regex" and inherently imply '*' when not wanting '*' then starting the string w/ '^' would be required.

And certainly wouldn't mind regex being available anywhere in the interface that currently doesn't have it.

I know "advanced" display filters have regex, but really no reason to not make it available to a non-advanced filter, or a setting to enable it...

An invert-filter wouldn't hurt either, like can be done with selections.

[nilsandrey]

2Balderstrom

I'd think a "quickfilter" that could popup where the quicksearch does now would be a nice improvement

Maybe is enough with "Configuration > Operation > Quick search : Letters - with search dialog".

, it should be "regex" and inherently imply '*' when not wanting '*' then starting the string w/ '^' would be requir

I don't think regex available in search as you type will be so useful, but anyway I agree with:

certainly wouldn't mind regex being available anywhere in the interface

[hamoid]

2hamoid

Pressing right control and left control is easier for me than finding the * key in a spanish keyboard (shift and '+').

Isn't there an asterix (*) on the numeric keyboard in Spain ??

Well, yes, there is one in the numpad. But in my case it selects all files (I don't remember if this is the default behaviour).

You can also get a * pressing SHIFT and the + key, on the left side of ENTER, but it's slower than a single key press.

In my oppinion using the * as default behaviour would save us all some time without any real drawbacks...

[petermad]

2hamoid

But in my case it selects all files

Oh - yeah sorry - it works for me because I use Alt+Letter to activate quicksearch - but off course if you use Letter only to activate quicksearch Num* won't work