Sorting by size jumps forward in unit description [SOLVED]

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Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Sorting by size jumps forward in unit description [SOLVED]

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

Take a look at this screenshot showcasing Everything and the operating system details od two bordering files at the split between the KB and MB mark

Everything sort order bordering sizes issue.jpg
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All volumes seen on that list have their own separate drive and are set to being: GPT - Simple - NTFS - allocation unit size 64 KB; with the exception of volume C [which shares space with other volumes not seen on that list and which automatically had its AUS set to 4 KB due to containing the operating system]


Can this be changed/fixed? Is Everything able to show 999.999 KB and then 1.000 MB for a slightly bigger item, when its view of items is being sorted out by the Size column?
Last edited by Thy Grand Voidinesss on Wed May 01, 2024 1:23 pm, edited 2 times in total.
void
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Re: Sorting by size jumps forward in unit description

Post by void »

Please try the Metric size standard:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the View tab on the left.
  • Set Size standard to: Metric.
  • Click OK.
JEDEC: 1KB = 1024 bytes (default)
IEC: 1KiB = 1024 bytes
Metric: 1kB = 1000 bytes



Looks like you have set the size_auto_format to 3 decimal places.

Please consider changing this to 3 digits (more than 3 digits is usually unnecessary information):
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    size
  • Select size_auto_format.
  • Set the value to: 3 digits (default)
  • Click OK.


If you need the detailed size information, please consider showing sizes as bytes:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the View tab on the left.
  • Set Size format to: bytes.
  • Click OK.


Selecting an item and hovering over the size in the status bar will show the total size in bytes.
Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Re: Sorting by size jumps forward in unit description

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

Switching to using

Tools > Options > View > Size standard > Metric

fixes this, i.e. I now see a smooth transition
Everything sort order bordering sizes issue is gone.jpg
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Thank you for all the info
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