Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Hello,
Is there any way to set Everything to automatically search content without having to add the "content:" modifier to the search query?
Thanks in advance!
Is there any way to set Everything to automatically search content without having to add the "content:" modifier to the search query?
Thanks in advance!
Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Please try creating a Filename or Content filter:
Active the Filename or Content filter to search for filenames or content.
For the best performance, consider indexing content from Tools -> Options -> Content.
- In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
- Set the Name to:
Filename or Content - Change the Search to:
#replaceterms:#(:search:#):,#(:<#term:|content:#term:>#): - Change the Macro to:
filenameorcontent<search> - Click OK.
Active the Filename or Content filter to search for filenames or content.
For the best performance, consider indexing content from Tools -> Options -> Content.
Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Thank you, that seems to be working!
I also moved this new search filter to the top of the list in Manage Filters, will this make it the "default" filter?
Thanks again!
I also moved this new search filter to the top of the list in Manage Filters, will this make it the "default" filter?
Thanks again!
Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
The 'default filter' is whatever you have specified under Tools -> Options -> General -> Home -> Filter:
Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Note: you can customize your Everything filter:
- In Everything, from the Search menu, click Organize filters....
- Select Everything and click Edit....
- Change the Search to:
#replaceterms:#(:search:#):,#(:<#term:|content:#term:>#): - Change the Macro to:
filenameorcontent<search> - Click OK.
- Click OK.
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Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
[I came here from this discussion: viewtopic.php?p=64817#p64817]
So how can I find all files that have written within them e.g.
and not files named like
by the means of choosing a Filter and then writing in Search Edit
?
This works - but it also shows on list with results all items that happen to have in their names whatever I will put in the box of Search Editvoid wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:45 am Please try creating a Filename or Content filter:[...]
- In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
- Set the Name to:
Filename or Content- Change the Search to:
#replaceterms:#(:search:#):,#(:<#term:|content:#term:>#):- Change the Macro to:
filenameorcontent<search>- Click OK.
So how can I find all files that have written within them e.g.
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my-name
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this is my-name
my-name and last name
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my-name
Last edited by Thy Grand Voidinesss on Mon May 13, 2024 7:50 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
A side suggestion here, when you right-click in the preview box you could have a "Search for content" menu item analogous to when you click a column heading, which would place a
phrase in the search edit box.
David
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content:
David
Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
To create a filter to search file content only:So how can I find all files that have written in them e.g.
- In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
- Set the Name to:
Content - Change the Search to:
content:$param: - Click OK.
I have on my TODO list to add my own text preview handler with search functionality.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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Re: Search content automatically without "content:" modifier?
Thy Grand Voidinesss wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:25 am [...]
So how can I find all files that have written within them e.g.
and notCode: Select all
my-name
[...]
I have finally tested this - and it seems to work A-OK, as it is not being fooled by similar phrases and it also looks in apparently all file formats [because I was stunned to find out in just how many of them that test-text of mine my-name has appeared for various reasons]
It took me that long because with over 2 000 000 files reported in my Everything the whole search process had to take around 22 hours [which was disrupting my daily workflow] - and now I have two question regarding this horrendous amount of time needed for such task:
A] What does the search process of this Filter looks for if the box of Search Edit remain empty? Does Everything attempts to cache all content of all files? And if it finishes such content-search-without-actually-specified-content-looked-for then will I be able to find instantly any phrase? [Or will that be virtually impossible, unless I have on the volume with Everything as much free space as those 2 000 000 files take on my other volumes plus I also / or have terabytes of RAM?]
B] If my above positive assumption is true [i.e. it is doable and without extra terabytes of storage and / or memory], then can the expression of this Filter be indexed - so that Everything will be always able to find instantly any phrase [i.e. without me waiting a whole day for just one search to finish]?
[When I writing this post I changed that Filter to the default Everything one and removed my test phrase that I had looked for - but then switched back to it and put in Search Edit that same my-name test phrase: and my Everything started apparently once more to perform the whole searching process from start]