TAB sequence/order

[N1755L]

Hello everyone,

Thanking you in advance for your help.

I searched for an answer and it seems that there is a function to do searches in tabs, same as one opens different sites in different tabs in a web browser? Maybe that's why I get so many search results that don't seem to apply to what I'm searching for.

See here: https://postimg.cc/wRQhCd7B

As you can see, I am using the drop-down for the file type search on the right side. So on the left, I'll type the file name I'm looking for, and then if I wanted to search for videos only, I have to go to the right side of the screen to change the drop-down to Video... what I'd like to do, is type the filename, then press the TAB key and have the focus move over to the drop-down on the right so I could change the drop-down selection by using the keyboard, thus never having to lift my hands off the keyboard, and not having to reach for the mouse.

As Everything runs now, if I type the file name and then press the TAB key, the focus switches over to the search results, and then if I press TAB again, the focus changes back over to the filename box on the upper left... the focus never cycles over to the file type drop-down box on the right.

I wouldn't care really if the TAB key would first switch to the search results, and then over to the file type drop-down, I'd just like to be able to TAB over to the file type drop-down one way or the other via the use of the TAB key.

Is there any way to currently accomplish this?

Thank you.

[NotNull]

(Moved to the Everything 1.5 forum)

In Everything 1.5:

- Goto Menu => Tools => Options => Advanced
- In the right pane, type

tab stop

in Show settings containing: field
- Select filters_tab_stop
- Set its value to true
- OK

Now <TAB> cycles through search bar, Filters bar and result list.


Alternatively, press 'CTRL + [' or 'CTRL + ]' to cycle through the filters, while keeping the focus on the search bar.

[N1755L]

Sorry, lots going on lately, had forgotten...

I tried versions 1.41 and 1.5a, and nowhere is there an Advanced setting to be found (well not in Tools > Options anyway. I checked the other menu sections, and there were Advanced sections, but those were not relevant to what we're attempting to achieve here, as far as I could determine.

Do I need to dload and installed the non-Alpha version of Everything 1.5? I doubt it, but if you're getting completely different settings with that version, perhaps I might have to try that.

What I get from Tools > Options is this: https://postimg.cc/SjGkLf3B

The Ctrl + [ option is functional, although I would rather Tab to the drop-down field. Who knows, after having the option to Tab over and comparing it in speed and practicality, maybe cycling through the filter options with Ctrl + [ will be preferred...

Thanking you for your help, can you give further clues as to where to find these elusive Advanced settings you were referring to?

(Moved to the Everything 1.5 forum)

In Everything 1.5:

- Goto Menu => Tools => Options => Advanced
- In the right pane, type

tab stop

in Show settings containing: field
- Select filters_tab_stop
- Set its value to true
- OK

Now <TAB> cycles through search bar, Filters bar and result list.


Alternatively, press 'CTRL + [' or 'CTRL + ]' to cycle through the filters, while keeping the focus on the search bar.

[therube]

You need 1.5a.
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Everything 15 - Tools Options Advanced.png (10.94 KiB) Viewed 2249 times

[N1755L]

Ok, nm... checked a few .ini files where the programs were installed (Everything 1.5a and Everything 1.4.1), .ini files were barren, but finally found the Tab_Stop you had mentioned in the Everything-1.5a.ini file located in the C:\Users\R**Home\AppData\Roaming\Everything folder.

From there I changed the filters_tab_stop=0 to a 1 and Presto!, it works as you said it would. Weirdly, I guess you have those settings linked somewhere/somehow in the program menus, but going to the .ini file is just as simple, I can work with that.

Happy camper here now, thank you!

[N1755L]

I am using 1.5a, and I don't have that Advanced option. Strange.

https://postimg.cc/mhRGrpVv

Oh, 2021... maybe there are two 1.5a versions?

I'll try re-downloading Everything 1.5a.

Ah yes, this newer 1.5a version does have an Advanced section in the options *facepalm*

So happy to not have to reach for the mouse anymore when doing searches!

You need 1.5a.
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Everything 15 - Tools Options Advanced.png