Use the directories found by the current search as the basis for the second part of the search

[Ralf_Reddings]

Its a bit hard to explain, lets say

c:\temp

has 5 directories in it. I want to search in only the first three

• C:\Temp\horses

• C:\Temp\dogs

• C:\Temp\cats

• C:\Temp\houses

• C:\Temp\cars

I would have to type full paths for the

path-list

function then type my search string such as

eating

:

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path-list:<C:\Temp\dogs;C:\Temp\cats;c:\Temp\horses> eating

I can very quickly build a list of the directory that I want to search with (the search results contains only these items):

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dir:name:<cats|horses|dogs>

Can I then search only inside the folders found by

dir:name:<cats|horses|dogs>

, something like:

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<dir:name:<cats|horses|dogs>> eating

I tried the following:

• <path-list:dir:name:<cats|horses|dogs>> eating

• path-list:dir:name:<cats|horses|dogs> eating

This example I am providing is trivial and can easily be accomplished with standard search, what I am looking for is the precise advantage of

path-list

but without having to type the full paths to be searched myself, instead letting everything do the heavy lifting.

Something like recursively searching inside what has been found

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[therube]

Highlight your wanted directories (by virtue of highlighting a file within each)
Set focus over the Path column
Right-click context-menu -> Copy Path

Paste into the Search bar

The search will be your wanted paths, OR'd together.

So with these directories, copied:
C:\000\TMP\TT2015\
C:\TMP\random\
C:\TMP\BRU\

I end up with a search line of,

<C:\000\TMP\TT2015\|C:\TMP\random\|C:\TMP\BRU\>

to which I can easily append; eating
so,

<C:\000\TMP\TT2015\|C:\TMP\random\|C:\TMP\BRU\> eating

.

[NotNull]

If I understood correctly ...

Method 1:

- Select the folders,
- Press 'CTRL + SHIFT + C' to copy the folder names to the clipboard
- Activate the search bar
- Press CTRL-V


Method 2:
- Open the Folders Sidebar (Menu:View > Folders)
- CTRL-click on the folders you are interested in.
(Now results will be limited to these folders)


Method 3:
- In the resultlist, select the folders that you are interested in
- SHIFT-right-click to open the context menu
- Select Parent Folders > Explore in Everything


Method 4:
- Select the folders you are interested in
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+C to copy their full names to the clipboard
- Type ancestorfilelist1: in the search bar
- CTRL+click ancestorfilelist1: or press F2
- Paste the foldernames
- Press OK

Method 5:
- Select the folders you are interested in
- Drag them to the search bar.

[void]

Please try the following searches:



Group expansion

C:\Temp\<horses|dogs|cats>\ eating

expands to:

< C:\Temp\horses\ | C:\Temp\dogs\ | C:\Temp\cats\ > eating

Group Expansion



parent-name:

parentname:<horses|dogs|cats> eating

(this one doesn't match files inside subfolders)

parent-name:



ancestor-name:

ancestorname:<horses|dogs|cats> eating

(this one does match files inside subfolders)

ancestor-name:



Path lists

C:\Temp\horses\;C:\Temp\dogs\;C:\Temp\cats\

The path-list: search function is not required as Everything treats ; + absolute path as an OR list.

path-list:



Path part

pp:Temp\horses;Temp\dogs;Temp\cats

path-part:



Path search

\horses|\dogs|\cats
horses\|dogs\|cats\
\horses\|\dogs\|\cats\
\Temp\horses\|\Temp\dogs\|\Temp\cats\

The \ will enabling path matching.
The \ is matched so use cats\ if you don't want to match catshi...


wildcards:
Temp\horses\*|Temp\dogs\*|Temp\cats\*
Temp\horses\**|Temp\dogs\**|Temp\cats\**

the \ prefix is not needed as wildcards will match the start of a folder name.
* = match direct children
** = match all subfolders and files.

[Ralf_Reddings]

These suggestions are amazing, I will go through them one by one. Thank youo all!