Add Column - POSITION

[ChrisGreaves]

At the time I elect to add one or more columns to the results screen, I already have a few columns in place - name, path, size, date modified. The results extend to the right of my monitor ... so I add Date Created (for the file, not for the document contents - but see below) and a new column is made, but waaaaaay off to the right.
Might we consider creating the new column on-screen at the point where the cursor was place prior to right-click Add Column?
If we don't want the column there, we can always drag it off screen to the right, yes?

"Below"
I had a lot of fun thinking about Dates: Date Accessed; Date Accessed Date; Date Accessed Time; Date Acquired; Date Changed; Date Content Created; Date Created; Date Created Date; Date Created Time; Date Deleted; Date Encoded; Date Indexed; Date Modified; Date Modified Date; Date Modified Time; Date Printed; Date Received; Date Recently Changed; Date Released; Date Run; Date Saved; Date Sent; Date Taken but am intrigued about the difference between "Date Modified" and "Date Content Created" which, for my most recent Word2003 document massaged, show the same date (today).
Also of course the difference between "Date Created" and "Date Content Created".

There's probably a PhD waiting for the volunteer who builds a massive two-dimensional cross-reference table for dates alone (evil grin)
Thanks, Chris

[void]

Might we consider creating the new column on-screen at the point where the cursor was place prior to right-click Add Column?

I'll consider adding the column to where the mouse cursor was when you right clicked.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, Everything will add the column to its last position.

"Date Modified" and "Date Content Created"

Date Modified = date/time the file was modified on your PC.
Date Created = date/time the file was created on your PC.
Date Content Created = date/time the file was created by the original creator.

Date Content Created will persist when copying a document file to another folder or PC.
Where as date created will typically update to now when copied.

[ChrisGreaves]

I'll consider adding the column to where the mouse cursor was when you right clicked.

Thank you Void. For me, a default location at the extreme left-hand side of the results would suit. I think in terms of adding a new column as starting off as a trial to see "what turns up".
If I want the added column to be part of my regular screen, then I'd invest in the time to drag the column to a more permanent location.

I suspect that those of us who develop a new column would probably like our calculations to appear immediately in front of us, where we tweak the calculation, re-test, before dragging the new column to its final resting place.
Mainly, adding a column (for me) means i have a specific interest in that column at this time, so if the new column is instantly visible, that works for me.

Thanks again, Chris

[void]

If you would like to snapshot your columns and later restore them:

To snapshot your columns (only works if Tools -> Options -> Home -> Columns = (use last value) ):

• In Everything, from the Help menu, click Troubleshooting information.
• Scroll down near the bottom and look for:
  
  columns=[...]
• Copy this entire line.

To restore your columns:

• In Everything, from the Bookmarks menu, click Add to Bookmarks.
• Change the name to:
  My Favourite Columns
  
  (can be anything you like)
• Paste in the copied columns from above into the Search box.
• Add a / to the start of the search.
• Your search should look something like:

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  /columns=[{"name":"Name","width":333},{"name":"Width","width":44},{"name":"Height","width":48},{"name":"Length","width":144},{"name":"Path","width":333},{"name":"Size","width":55},{"name":"Date Modified","width":99}]
  

• Click OK.

Open the bookmark to restore your columns.

/columns=



Another option is to add the column from your search.

For example, to add the Date Content Created column to the 2nd position, include the following in your search:
addcolumn:Date-Content-Created:1

It's a lot to type, making it more useful for a filter or bookmark.

[ChrisGreaves]

If you would like to snapshot your columns and later restore them:

Perfecto!

For example, to add the Date Content Created column to the 2nd position, include the following in your search:
addcolumn:Date-Content-Created:1

It is indeed a lot to type, but turn an inquisitive mind loose with yet-another-facet of Everything and you end up with this:-

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t: ext:doc addcolumn:Date-Content-Created:1 addcolumn:Date-Content-Created:99

"99" is taken as meaning "the rightmost", and successive settings overwrite preceding settings on that search line.
Thanks Void!