extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

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lpslp2
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extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

hi
Thanks again for a great program!
is there such a function - specify for which file types to create preview in "extra large thumbnails" mode?
for example - I would like to create previews only for JPG and PNG files.


and second as a:
suggestion - you show 1-folder front 2-folder back +and only 2 previews - it is few here picture
Image
i show side by side how show your program preview and other program - same folder, in both cases we see that "this is a folder" but in second case - amount of data which we can se from folder is much more...in Everything we can, if it is not possible to show such large folders, you can show them to the small icon - then it is important to show more ELEMENTS from them
void
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by void »

Thank you for your feedback lpslp2,

Everything 1.5 will have a thumbnail and preview filename filter.



To set which files extensions to allow when loading thumbnails:
  • 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:
    thumbnail
  • Select thumbnail_include_only_files.
  • Set the value to: *.jpg;*.png
  • Click OK.
thumbnail_include_only_files



To set which files extensions to allow when loading previews:
  • 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:
    preview
  • Select preview_include_only_files.
  • Set the value to: *.jpg;*.png
  • Click OK.
preview_include_only_files
Last edited by void on Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: removed . from format.
lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

thank you void
just now tried setting you proposed - and they not working in Everything-1.5.0.1349a. preview show any files regardless of settings

and think about BIG preview in which we can see more elements from folders...
horst.epp
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by horst.epp »

lpslp2 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:32 pm thank you void
just now tried setting you proposed - and they not working in Everything-1.5.0.1349a. preview show any files regardless of settings
...
You must have made something wrong
The setting thumbnail_include_only_files to restrict thumbnails to certain extensions
are working fine here under version 1349a
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lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

You must have made something wrong
here pics how i set it
Image

hm i see you indicate your specs.
mine is:
Windows 10 PRO x64 Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1288)
Everything 1.5.0.1349a (x86)
tuska
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by tuska »

2lpslp2
Try
*.jpg;*.png
instead of *.jpg;*.png.
horst.epp
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by horst.epp »

I don't think its Windows version related
as this are pure Everything settings.
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by horst.epp »

Tuska catched it :)
lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

tuska wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:54 pm 2lpslp2
Try
*.jpg;*.png
instead of *.jpg;*.png.
not working
void
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by void »

What happens?

Please press F5 to refresh thumbnail cache.

Is Everything showing thumbnails for files that are not jpg or png?
lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

here is video wher i show that "not working"
https://youtu.be/hRcN-5aVBaA
Everything still creates a preview for all file types
Of course I tried F5. I usually restarted the program every time I changed a setting.
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by void »

Thank you for the video.

Please try disabling folders thumbnails:
  • 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:
    thumbnail
  • Select thumbnail_include_folders.
  • Set the value to: false
  • Click OK.


Please double check your thumbnail_include_only_files filter:
  • 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:
    thumbnail
  • Select thumbnail_include_only_files.
  • Set the value to: *.jpg;*.png
    -please make sure there's no spaces here -it looks like a space before the * -and please remove the trailing ;
  • Click OK.
lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

after make this
Select thumbnail_include_folders.
Set the value to: false
previews are not made at all for files in folders - at all - and I need to preview files IN FOLDERS only for the specified file types...


and what this i do not know
and please remove the trailing
void
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by void »

previews are not made at all for files in folders - at all - and I need to preview files IN FOLDERS only for the specified file types...
Unfortunately, Everything cannot do that.

Everything uses the system to create a thumbnail for your folders.
The system will make the thumbnail based of any files in your folder.
I don't know of a way to control this.
You'll see the same thumbnails in Everything as you see in Windows Explorer.
Maybe there's a third party thumbnail handler for folders that does what you want?


and what this i do not know
Your file filter looks like:

Code: Select all

*.jpg; *.png;
It should look like:

Code: Select all

*.jpg;*.png
lpslp2
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

Unfortunately, Everything cannot do that.
Weird
Well, look - you still "look" into the folders to make a preview for the pictures(Why can't "we" just sort files and show preview on folders only those files with the specified extensions? After all, "we" have already looked in each folder to make a preview for files in it). What is worth reading the file extensions and, apart from pictures - for nothing else - NOT doing a preview?
Maybe there's a third party thumbnail handler for folders that does what you want?
there is and it's called xnview mp (in my first post - the example on the right is from xnview mp) that's just it - it can NOT make a search as cool as your program!
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Re: extra large thumbnails but only for specified file extensions?

Post by lpslp2 »

Thank you for your patience.
For giving me your "time".
And, as always, Thank You for your program Everything.
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