Directory Opus Manual

Search Field

• The search field, normally at the Lister's top right, now supports multiple methods:
  • Windows Search – As in Opus 12.
  • Everything search – If Voidtools Everything (see separate section) is installed, you can use it for an indexed search on the current folder.
  • Global Everything search – Similar to Everything search, but searches all indexed folders on the entire machine.
  • Opus search – You can now use Opus's own Find Files functionality from the Search Field, without opening the larger Find panel:
    • If a plain string or a wildcard is entered, it will be treated as a wildcard name match.
    • If a string beginning with = is entered, it'll be processed by the Evaluator and can perform more complex queries (e.g. =size>100kb).

• Click the magnifying glass icon on the left to open a menu where you can change search engine.
• The menu for changing search engines also lets you configure various options for each one (e.g. case sensitive, partial match, content searching). Each search engine has slightly different options.
• The last chosen search engine is remembered automatically.
  • You set the search field's arguments to (e.g.) everything to make it always switch to that mode in new windows.

• Search field has a history menu on the right, with a Clear History option at the bottom of the menu.
• Suggestions based on search history will appear as you type into the search field. (Add noautocomplete to the field's arguments if you don't like them appearing.)
• Commands:
  • Find and similar commands let a search engine be specified and support options as part of the command line.
  • Example, Windows search: QUERYENGINE="windows,nqs,noautowildcard,nohistory"
  • Example, Everything: QUERYENGINE="everything,case,wholeword,regex,diacritics"

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