Window Title Format

[void]

To customize the window title format:

• In Everything 1.5.0.1305a or later, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /window_title_format=format
  where format can include the following:
  • $search:
  • $s
  • $s?{$s - }
    The current search.
    Use $s?{text} to insert text only when $s is not empty.
    
  • $a
  • $a?{$a - }
    The active filter.
    Use $a?{text} to insert text only when $a is not empty.
    
  • $d
  • $d?{$d - }
    The active directory.
    Use $d?{text} to insert text only when $d is not empty.
    
  • $version:
  • $v
  • $v?{$v - }
    The current version.
    Use $v?{text} to insert text only when $v is not empty.
    
  • $instance:
  • $i
  • $i?{ ($i)}
    The current instance.
    Use $i?{text} to insert text only when $i is not empty.
    
  • $t
    Everything
    
  • $$
    Literal $
    
  • $?
    Literal ?
    
  • ${
    Literal {
    
  • $}
    Literal }
    
  • $l:
    Set to 1 if the last used variable had a non-zero length.
    Otherwise, it is empty.
    
  • $filelist-filename:
  • $f
    The filename of the opened filelist.
    
  • $current-filter:
  • $filter:
    The name of the active filter.
    
  • $directory:
    The folder sidebar selection.
    
  • $match-case:
    1 if match case is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-diacritics:
    1 if match diacritics is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-path:
    if match path is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-whole-words:
    1 if match whole words is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-prefix:
    1 if match prefix is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-suffix:
    1 if match suffix is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $ignore-punctuation:
    1 if ignore punctuation is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $ignore-white-space:
    1 if ignore white space is enabled. Otherwise 0
    
  • $match-regex:
    1 if match regex is enabled. Otherwise 0
    

To revert the window title format back to the default:

• In Everything 1.5.0.1305a or later, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /window_title_format=

The old format syntax is still supported.



The Everything Preprocessor is supported.
Preprocessor variables can be set from the command line with -define.


The default format is:
$s?{$s - }$a?{$a - }$d?{$d - }$t$i?{ ($i)} $v[if:isadmin:," [Administrator]"][if:isdbreadonly:," [Read-only]"]
Using a blank format will also use the default format.

Example title output:
My Search - Everything (1.5a) 1.5.0.1305a (x64)

[raccoon]

@void, could you update the current default window title format on your above post, and then delete my comment?

Can you also demonstrate inline-if alternation, ie, else statement. "show this text if a string is not empty, otherwise show that text if the string is empty."

[void]

Updated.

[if:expression,value-to-return-if-expression-is-true,value-to-return-if-expression-is-false]

The following will return [Administrator] if running as an admin, otherwise [Standard User]
[if:isadmin:,"[Administrator]","[Standard User]"]

[ChrisGreaves]

To customize the window title format:

Hi Void, for those of us who are gluttons for data, any chance of a window title format variable of the form $LatestVersion?
A variety of uses, not the least would be seeing in a post that a user is NOT way behind the times.
Having written that, perhaps an alternative would be, when $version is employed, accentuate it (bold, italic, underline, when NOT the latest version?

I may not know what I am talking about here. I have not gotten around to playing with the caption title, let alone conditional statements as suggested by raccoon!

Cheers, Chris

[void]

I will consider an $is-out-of-date: flag, eg: [if:$is-out-of-date:,New version is available]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[ChrisGreaves]

I will consider an $is-out-of-date: flag, eg: [if:$is-out-of-date,New version is available]

Thanks. Almost anything that is a passive hint.
I rather dislike applications that force me to click "not right now" every time that they spring into [in]action.
Cheers, Chris

[meteorquake]

Hello!
So can the window title pick up on items under selection?
For example, it would be useful to be able to say that when a window has the folder sidebar open, the window title is the selected folder name in that sidebar.
David

[void]

I will consider adding a variable to reference the current folder sidebar selection.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1353a adds the following values to the title format:

$current-filter: => The name of the active filter
$match-case: => 1 if match case is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-diacritics: => 1 if match diacritics is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-path: => 1 if match path is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-whole-words: => 1 if match whole words is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-prefix: => 1 if match prefix is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-suffix: => 1 if match suffix is enabled. Otherwise 0
$ignore-punctuation: => 1 if ignore punctuation is enabled. Otherwise 0
$ignore-white-space: => 1 if ignore white space is enabled. Otherwise 0
$match-regex: => 1 if match regex is enabled. Otherwise 0

These values will only work in the Everything UI.

[Ralf_Reddings]

If I open a file list at the command line:

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everything64 -s 'my search string' -filelist list2.csv

The search window will be:

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my search string - My filter - list2.csv - Everything 1.5.0.1371a (x64)

How is the default title format able to print the opened file list on the window title? There does not seem to be a variable for doing this in a custom title format.

For example if I declare my custom title format of

/window_title_format=$search: -- $directory:

and then open a new window with:

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everything64 -s 'my search string' -filelist list2.csv

The window title will be:

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my search string

I am looking to also include the current file list in the window title.

[void]

/window_title_format=$search: -- $directory: -- $filelist-filename:

added: $filelist-filename: to documentation.

[Ralf_Reddings]

Perfect. Thanks!