Preserve Manual Entry Order of Results

[Debugger]

Everything Support Team,

I am using Everything 1.5 and I've encountered an issue:
The results appear mixed or automatically sorted, but I want to see them in the exact order I entered them—without having to manually rearrange the names each time.

Why do I need this?
I am creating a list of songs based on the sequence in a DJ mix, and I need to copy the filenames in the exact input order. The song names include Unicode characters, so accurate order and naming is important.

Is there a way to achieve this, or could this be considered as a feature request?

Thank you in advance!

[void]

There's currently no easy way to do this in Everything.

I will consider a search order sort.
Thank you for the suggestion.



For now, this can be done through custom columns and setting a rank for each search.

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<<139542 a:=1>|<139187 a:=2>|<139187 a:=3>|<139077 a:=4>|<139056 a:=5>|<139055 a:=6>|<139189 a:=7>|<139269 a:=8>|<139196 a:=9>|<139566 a:=10>> .mp3 sort:a-ascending

For each search you will need to set the rank in Column A, then sort by Column A.

Here is a simple html file that will do the conversion for you:
https://www.voidtools.com/search.order.rank.zip
(html file created by chatgpt)

Paste your names into the list on the left.
For example:

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139542
139187
139077

(one name per line)

The list on the right will spit out:

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<<<139542> a:=1>|<<139187> a:=2>|<<139077> a:=3>> sort:a

Copy and paste that into Everything and adjust search parameters. (eg: add *.mp3)