what happenned to $directory: showing the full path of the active directory?

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Ralf_Reddings
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what happenned to $directory: showing the full path of the active directory?

Post by Ralf_Reddings »

I remember in a version or two ago, the
$directory:
property, from Window Title Format, used to be the full path of the currently selected directory, so long as multiple directories were not active.

With the latest release, only the active directories name is shown, even if only a single directory is active.

Can we try to accommodate the full paths of the active directories in the title when
$directory:
is used, this would make things really flexible for users trying to integrate the everything GUI into various daily tasks and workflows.


Also, does anyone here know of a quick cheap way to get the full list of active directories from an everything window? I remember void mentioning a hidden window for these sort of tasks, does it also have this information?

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Re: what happenned to $directory: showing the full path of the active directory?

Post by NotNull »

Confirmed. 1382a had the full path; 1384a the compacted one.

Ralf_Reddings wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:36 pm Also, does anyone here know of a quick cheap way to get the full list of active directories from an everything window? I remember void mentioning a hidden window for these sort of tasks, does it also have this information?
With applications like AHK one can read the currently focussed item in the resultlist. But that is just one single item.
(FWIW, the control that contains this information is called EVERYTHING_RESULT_LIST_FOCUS1 )
I am not aware of a way to read all slected folders from the Folders Sidebar.
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