Hello,
thank you for your program. I really can't understate how wonderful Everything is. (wow, deep)
My computer isn't too bad, but performance hiccups have been stressing me out, and there are times where, when looking amongst a great deal of files, I prefer to write a search in a notepad or similar and then paste it so as to not add unnecessary strain on the computer or my attention, even if it may be small. It's very nice to be able to toggle the "Search as you type" option and customize the debounce timing (and I have done so), especially because sometimes I need time to properly formulate what I want to search for. But there are contexts in which a frequently updating search is very very handy at quickly narrowing things down without pressing Enter every time. Furthermore, Enter-pressing can be slightly unwieldy frequent use of the "File | Search Path in Everything" commands, requiring a twofold increase of key presses. I don't think the better solution would be to reprogram those commands to automatically enter a search, as it would hamper the modularity of options that already exists in the program (wonderfully so). So my suggestion is to simply add a command to toggle one of those options, "Search as you type", making it key-bindable and not requiring opening the settings screen. As for the menu bar, this could neatly sit in the "Search" menu.
(...if this has been talked about before in the forum, or if this is already achievable through the program, I apologize. I believe I've looked in both places without finding anything, but one could say that you can never truly find Everything. ...No, I won't stop making these puns)
Thank you for your time!
"Search as you type" easy toggle
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Re: "Search as you type" easy toggle
Thank you for your feedback aliceisalive0,
To create a bookmark to toggle search as you type:
To create a bookmark to toggle search as you type:
- In Everything 1.5, from the Bookmarks menu, click Add to bookmarks...
- Change the Name to:
Toggle search as your type - Change the Search to:
/search_as_you_type=!search_as_you_type - Optionally set a keyboard shortcut.
- Click OK.