creating a 'favourite' list

[littlebutter283]

Hi, I have been using everything search for a while now,

my daily works involve selecting a bunch of different reference photos and saving them to a list, so that I can isolate them and view them as a collection. I will like to add or remove items at will.

my current workflow is just copy and pasting the names of the photos into another search field using OR (|) and will end up with a very long search query, while its easy to 'add' items by adding anew name, it's not so easy to remove one.

Would there happen to be a better method?

[NotNull]

Several.

What does your list look like? Just the names (file.txt) or including the path (c:\folder\file.txt)
Do you store the list on disk in a file?
How often does this list change? Every day? Every month?


I assume you are using Everything 1.5?

[meteorquake]

If it's not an issue you can also put a keyword in the filenames and afterward search for the keyword (have the keyword in the clipboard). If there are many visible in the results you can ctrl-click them all then rename them in bulk to add the keyword.

I would though be quite keen in having available click-to-toggle marker columns (several, showing different coloured blobs such as red, green, blue when toggled on) and the ability to sort/filter on them like any other even if it were volatile and lost on closing down.

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[littlebutter283]

hi, the typical list looks like this.

1.jpg

i have already categorize them with a prefix for each file according to the picture's category.
I'd then select a few pictures that i think looks good together to create a collection in another list with the file name, these pictures are in different categories

2.jpg

I'd then often remove and add items new items to the 'collection' very regularly.
I sometimes update the filename (only prefix number) if they have been name wrongly.

[NotNull]

Right, no need to post my "several ways" as these concentrate on lists of filenames and you take a visual approach.
Two other ideas then:

Create new favourite list in a new tab

• Make sure the tab bar is shown (for example by opening a new, empty tab)
• Activate the tab with your favourites
• Select all, minus the ones you no longer need
  (you can also select the ones you don't want, followed by Menu => Edit => Invert Selection)
• Drag the selection to the tab bar.
• When you see the "+ New Tab" infotip, drop the files.
  This new tab now contains your new favourites
• Close the previous favourites tab

Exclude items from the list

• MAke sure Enable Result Omissions is checked (under Menu => Index)
• In the tab with your favourites, select the ones you no longer need
• Right-click one of them
• Select Temporary Omit form the context menu
  The selected files will no longer be shown

To show all favourites again (including the ones that are no longer shown):

• Double-click TEMP OMIT in the statusbar
  (or right-click => Clear Temporary Result Omissions )