Ability to append filters/column/macros

[Coldblackice]

Forgive me if this is already possible, but it'd be great if there was a way to "append" column/filter orders onto an existing query/search tab + column layout.

For example, on a search tab the ability to type a macro (or keybind) which then *adds* or *subtracts* from the current search/filter/columns.

For example, while doing a general file search with a customized arrangement of columns + orderings, typing a macro like "audio:" (and/or keybind) appends preselected audio-specific columns (and ordering and sizing) onto the query.

Conversely, prepending a "NOT"/exclude subtracts any of those columns if currently visible.

Often times I'll be doing a general file search when I come upon a certain type of file or date-range of files, and it'd be great if there was a way to directly "append" those filters/columns/sortings on without having to change the entire column/query as it stands.

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Related side featured, though perhaps too costly to implement: Everything appends whatever columns needed in order to display category attributes for the currently visible batch of files, similar to the "Preview" column in the "Add columns" dialog (awesome feature, should be visible by default!).

For certain file types, there are so many potential columns of attributes, and it's hard to know which attributes files will have data for without preemptively "carpet bombing" the columns into visibility and then having to double-sort each column in order to see which columns have attribute data populated.

Or perhaps a less resource-costly way might be a user-initiated function/popup that calculates based on the visible batch of files what additional columns can be enabled which will have data from the visible batch of results. This function could capped at evaluating X number of files max so it doesn't run forever, or it could be category-specific, i.e. it's checking only "Audio"-related columns for data.

[void]

Filters already have a columns field.
These columns are temporarily added.



Please try add-columns: in your filter search to temporarily add columns.

For example:

add-columns:length;width;height

There's also:
columns:
remove-columns:



I will be adding column sets in a future version of Everything.
This will give the user the most control without making Everything guess which columns to show.

Thank you for the suggestions.