Major File Search Window Update - 6.3.0.55 beta 🌟

#1

Download link: https://www.listary.com/download/beta/Listary.exe
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Overview

Exciting Update Alert! We’ve made a major leap in our latest version, focusing on enhancing the File Search Window. Look forward to an amazing new sidebar, improved navigation, advanced filtering, and a significant boost in performance!

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Key Updates

1. Introducing the New Sidebar for Simplified Filtering:

  • Check out our new sidebar in the File Search Window, making it easier than ever to filter your searches.
  • Click and choose filters with ease, no more memorizing keywords.
  • Find files by date with the new “date modified” filter.
  • To keep your search results clean, system files, hidden files, and unopenable files are now hidden by default (toggle them in the sidebar if needed).

2. Enhanced Navigation - Now Keyboard-Friendly:

  • Switch seamlessly between the File Search Window and the launcher with the Ctrl-Ctrl shortcut. Say goodbye to mouse dependence!
  • Customize your experience with a dedicated shortcut for the File Search Window in the options.
  • Quickly close the launcher and File Search Window using the ESC key

3. Performance Improvement:

  • We’ve significantly improved the response speed of the File Search Window. Now it’s as smooth and fast as the launcher!

4. UI Upgrades:

  • Enjoy our stylish new illustrations and button icons, enhancing the look and feel of the File Search Window.

Additional Updates

  • Improved: Options
    • Added support to disable the customized Listary Hotkey for full-screen games and apps.
    • Ability to adjust the order of filters.
    • I18n support for filters, custom command, web search and favorite（menu）
    • Option to hide system and hidden files by default in search results under Priorities.
    • Added a feedback button.
    • Beta label displayed after the version number.
  • Fix: large window may flicker when query changed

Upcoming Features and Feedback

  • More improvements coming soon! We’re planning a preview feature and an optimized right-click menu.
  • We love hearing from you! Share your thoughts in the comments or reach out at support@listary.com.
  • We are particularly interested in your suggestions for the large window start page and filters. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping these features. :heartbeat:
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Smarter Sorting and More Stable Index Engine - Listary 6.3.0.63 beta 🌟
#2

Nice update but missing a few functions:
The new search window doesn’t remember its size, which requires additional work on every start.
Cursor over a file name in the search window doesn’t show full name for truncated names.
You still can’t select more than one file from the results.

#3

Most of my actions are starting notepad (the system editor)
instead of opening the configured apps.
For example ed: viewer: cmd:
They worked in the previous betas.
Here my Preferences

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        "EnableMouseMiddleClick": false
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      "Bandizip": {},
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        "EnableMouseDoubleClick": false
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      "WinRAR.ExtractDialog": {},
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            "Name": "Tools",
            "Path": "C:\\Tools",
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#4

Thank you very much for your valuable suggestions. We will take all three into consideration.

#5

You can right-click the result and open the actions menu. Are you unable to use the actions menu in this version?

#6

No, right click and select the action works fine.
Only the keywords don’t work

#7

In my environment, filtering by folder excludes all items. This setting is only for PRO users in this version and cannot be changed.

#8

You might have modified the folder settings in a previous version. To prevent loss of configurations, we haven’t reset the filter settings for non-PRO users.

#9

Are you asking about right-clicking on a result in the file search window and then using a keyword in the right-click menu to trigger an action? Currently, this is not supported in the file search window. The keywords for actions can only be used in the launcher.

#10

No, I use the Actions in the Louncher.
Typing Ctrl Ctrl and then
ed:mysearchtext
It finds the files, but if I click on one of the results it always opens Notepad with them.

#11

Nice update, keep up the good work! :ok_hand:

i wa wandering if i did somethign wrong or it’s not suported yet
I added a keyword to search only in a mapped Drive from a server like “E:”

but it does nothing and keep on searching in my C: drive

#12

That’s a known problem.
You can’t specify D:
but D:\ works

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#13

Hi,
On my system with this new version, the first call works well but then Listary no longer answers (several trials with same behavior).
I had to re-install the previous version (no bugs with that one).

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#14

Hi, by “Listary no longer answers”, do you mean Listary didn’t show up when pressing Ctrl twice?

#15

Currently we don’t support this syntax (yet). It should not work in previous versions either. The Action keyword only works after entering the Actions page (via Right arrow key).

Maybe you can set a hotkey like Ctrl + E for your action? Then you would be able to simply type mysearchtext, select it, and press Ctrl + E to open it in your favorite editor.

#16

I apologize, my previous response was incorrect. This is indeed a bug, and we will fix it promptly. The fix will be included in our next version release.

#17

Yes !
Best regards

#18

Looking good.

But I feel that the speed is quite slow, it seem to do a manual search and index.

And now math calculation is no longer working? For example: 5*2 should give us 10

#19

For me, it works
Screenshot - 18.11.2023 , 08_23_29

Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715)
Everything 1.5.0.1360a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.2
Listary Pro 6.3.0.55

#20

Here I ran into this issue too with version 6.3.0.57.