Return only direct children of a folder in search results, even when deeper matches exist

[gelliphew]

I recently started to use this software and I really love it.
I read almost all the documentation but I am not able to understand how to achieve the following.

Let's say I have this folder structure:

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C:\
└── Users\
    └── MyUserName\
        └── MyMainFolder\
            ├── file1.pdf
            └── image1.jpg
            └── Subfolder1\
                └── Subfolder2\
                    └── Subfolder3\
                        ├── file2.pdf
                        └── image2.jpg

I want the results to show only the files and folders directly inside MyMainFolder, so in this case I want to see only file1.pdf, image1.jpg, and Subfolder1.

To achieve this, I tried using

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infolder:MyMainFolder\

but it doesn’t do exactly what I want.

What I want is: if I search for folders or files that are inside MyMainFolder but are further down in the folder hierarchy (in this example: Subfolder2\, Subfolder3\, file2.pdf, and image2.jpg), I don't want them to appear in the results.
Instead, I want the result to show only the folder that is directly inside MyMainFolder and that contains them, in this case that would be Subfolder1.

Since it is difficult to explain by words, I show some examples of what I want:

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search term: .jpg
result: image1.jpg, Subfolder1

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search term: Subfolder3
result: Subfolder1

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search term: file2
result: Subfolder1

[void]

Thank you for your feedback.

infolder:

and

parent:

match files/folders in the specified full path and filename.

search term: .jpg
result: image1.jpg, Subfolder1

You will need Everything 1.5.

Please try the

descendant:

search function:

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder *.jpg | descendant:*.jpg

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder

== limit results to files/folders directly in myMainFolder.

*.jpg

== match jpg files directly in myMainFolder.

|

== OR

descendant:

== matches folders that contain a descendant file or folder with the specified name.

search term: Subfolder3
result: Subfolder1

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder Subfolder3 | descendant:Subfolder3

search term: file2
result: Subfolder1

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder file2 | descendant:file2

parent:
descendant:

[gelliphew]

Thank you so much for the great answer and for the great software! I love it!

I still have a problem, which I can't find a solution.

This is the search I will perform very often: parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder {search word} | descendant:{search word}

I would like to digit the {search word} one time without having to write everytime {search word} | descendant:{search word}.
Is it possible?
I tried using filters and bookmarks but without success.

---

Another question.
Since Everything 1.5 is still in alpha, I'm wondering if it has some problems or performance issues that I should aware of. Is it good to just use 1.5 and uninstall the 1.4 version?

[void]

Please try creating the following filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: myMainFolder Descendant
  (can be anything you like)
• Change the Search to:
  
  parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder $param: | descendant:$param:
• Change the macro to: md
  (can be anything you like)

You can now search for:

md:search-word

which expands to:

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder search-word | descendant:search-word

-or-

Activate the filter and search for:

search-word

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filter Bar), Filter sidebar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.

Since Everything 1.5 is still in alpha, I'm wondering if it has some problems or performance issues that I should aware of. Is it good to just use 1.5 and uninstall the 1.4 version?

The core is stable.
The UI is still under development.
You can run both side by side or uninstall 1.4 if you find 1.5 works well.

[gelliphew]

Thank you very much, it works!
I have one last question.
When I activate the filter (parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder $param: | descendant:$param:), if I don't type any word to search, I get a lot of random files in the results. Instead I would expect that since the filter includes :c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder, the results would show only the files and folder inside c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder.
I'm wondering if this is a bug or if it's intended behavior.

[void]

From Search -> Organize Filters -> Select your Filter -> Edit...

Change the search to:

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder <$param: | descendant:$param:>

[gelliphew]

Thank you very much!
Unfortunately I still have a big problem.
By using $param:, I can search for only one term. Instead I would like to use any number of terms and operators like a normal search. Is it possible?
For example, I have this filter parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder <$param: | descendant:$param:> and I have this file: alpha beta gamma. If I search for alpha gamma, I get no results.

[void]

From Search -> Organize Filters -> Select your Filter -> Edit...

Change the search to:

parent:c:\users\myUserName\myMainFolder <<$param:> | descendant:<$param:>>