Search Window

This window allows for searching files/directories based on the name (not the content). The search window is usually located on the right side of the screen and is opened by the file system window or network file system window automatically when the search function is activated (also the search pettern is specified there).

If this behavior is not desired, you can disable the Automatic flag in the context menu (right mouse button) of the docking window button Search.

The search window lets you configure the search in many ways. You can choose the simple search here where all files/directories are searched based on the given search pattern. If you like the search being case sensitive, please select the Case sensitive option for the simple search. The option Whole words only configures the search engine to search for words within the entry names. While in this mode, only one single part of the entry names needs to match the pattern to be shown by the hit list. Thus, you can search for OR-combined sub-patterns here.

In some cases, the simple search is inadequate, for example if all file names shall be listed that start with a digit. In these cases, you can use regular expressions by selecting the Regular expressions option, where the search pattern specified with the input field of the file system window must be a valid regular expression. To detect errors as early as possible, the software can be configured to check the pattern input already while you are typing. Please activate the Check on-the-fly option to do so. If you want to search for files and/or directories and/or hidden entries then you can select the options Files, Directories, and Hidden entries accordingly.

Start Searching

The search can also be started directly from the search window once all settings are appropriate. Click the Search button at the bottom of the window. If the search is not possible for example due to a faulty regular expression, this button will be disabled. If the auto-show/auto-hide feature is enabled when the search is started, then the search window is hidden automatically and a progress dialog is opened which informs you about the current state of the search operation. This dialog can also be configured to perform the search in the background so that you can continue working with the application.

After completing the search, the results are presented by the search results window

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