TODO

Post by **void** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:32 am

Core functionality for Everything 1.5 is complete.

What's Next for Everything 1.5a

Priority TODO:

IPC
Localization
Beta release

TODO:

UI development.
Compare file lists / file list diffs
Sidebars / command bar
parent-filelist: search
parentattributes: search
Column Sets might work as a submenu next to the Audio...Video submenus.
property UI -need to manage indexed properties and custom values.
support TC content plugins
status bar help text for context menu parent folder items
import/export plugins settings
subfolders on everything treeview item -a rewrite is planned
right click menus use wrong dark theme on windows 10 after changing dark theme.
WD Elements 3.5" USB 3.0 hard drive not safely removing. -everything holding handles?
search box on folder sidebar
index journal sidebar
work area sidebar to temporarily store drag drop files.
UI option to allow window move from toolbar.
optimized case for dmyear:
syslink control emulation (accessibility support)
temp indexes -this folder (folder in the current search) is not index -would you like to add it to your index? yes/no -dropdown dialog
everything never forgets exclude volumes (fat/ntfs/refs/network drives etc) -maybe we could clear this list if auto include is unchecked?
menu customization
get shell to handle error 5 with multi-file renames.
option to follow folder shortcuts (.lnk) when using folder indexing.
redo button in undo history
long filename support for move operations.
Check and remove HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run when we enable run on system startup.
recent change secondary sorts.
command line to add a folder index -add-folder-index c:, command line to add a folder index with subfolders -no-subfolders, also add search
add an option to clear a offline folder index.
column sets
orlist DFA
press F5 to update indexed properties for current visible items
ntfs allocation size property.
scriptshape
replace ifilter with windows search
dimensions:800..1920X600..1080 -improve readability.
install HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell 'search Everything here...' context menu item.
allow draging bookmarks to desktop to create a shortcut.
allow draging of search box to desktop to create a shortcut.
organize macros UI
add filelist wildcard filter, eg: c:\myfilelists\*.efu so we can add a whole folder of file lists. might be tricky to monitor the folder, but doable.
validmkv: validmp4: validjpg: validmp3 properties. -instead of valid: we need to use invalid, since we are not an official validator. we definately know when a file is invalid, not the otherway around.
search history organize edit existing search text
os_VerifyEmbeddedSignature tests for plugins
support HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ext\shell\verb\command for context menus
add a radio check box for the user to select the control panel\all items...
add copy full path to clipboard (with quotes) to tools -> Options -> Context menu -also remove the double quote path option -this will keep all these settings in one place.
filelists cant handle control panel -thinks its relative.
details / thumbnail button on bottom right of statusbar -like in windows 10
should we move the Everything.db when changing the database location? users are expecting a new Everything.db to appear in the new location.
child: should be a modifier
utf8-len: should be a modifier
option to use serialnumber:xxxx-xxxx in the GUID field for NTFS volumes. -we did add relative path support, eg: "\\"
keep run count for files renamed in Everything.
days since modified property. a compact column to show files modified x days ago
run with parameters UI option when executing an item.
multiple desktop support on windows 10, desktop instance? users want to allow one 'show window' per desktop.
add journal api to SDK.
add db snapshot to SDK.
Add commands to convert the selected filenames to lowercase/uppercase/titlecase.
window manager to list all everything search windows -option to activated, hidden, unhidden or closed.
customizable context menu items, need to be able to add new items and set position and $exec command
customizable locations in the tree view.
add a setting to disable always ontop if maximized.
allow users to specify delimiter for filelists, ext: -not sure this is needed now that we support , and ;
support WSL files. (Linux Windows Shares) \\wsl$
fuzzy search needs ranking system -needs a ranking system so search for "tonic" shows "tonic" results above "sonic" results...
regex:^(.*)abc dupestartwith:\1
detect dpi change when dragging Everything from one monitor to another.
an eval toolbar? show the evaluation result from the search bar, eg: search 1+1 would show 2 in the eval bar.
view -> Select Columns
filelists editor to support all properties
export as m3u, picture/video/document playlists?
paste & go from search edit when search as you type is off.
add a "Create Search shortcut" option to the file menu to create a shortcut to launch everything with the current search.
bookmark tags like in firefox.
normalization list or Synonyms list
Lemmatization / Stemming option
add a button to the right of the search edit in bookmarks/filters to open the advanced search / filter builder
Add the option to show the volume label in Path/Folder column
ISpellChecker support for dictionary look up? -windows 8 only -doesn't match things like usa.
research column header dropdowns -HDF_SPLITBUTTON -implement a dropdown menu for this.
named instances support in SDK
add a minimize button to each advanced search option -make sure its remember between Everything sessions.
if we add a duplicate search term, eg: search for: 8087 8087 we should detect the second 8087 as a duplicate term and search for two occurrences of 8087
add #sentencecase:<%1> to multi-file renamer
show a warning when setting a filter/bookmark macro and that macro name already exists.
add a special <current search> option to bookmark searches that is replaced with the current search box text.
show total size in status bar for file list editor.
In the Everything.ini support page, add something about double quotes use \ to escape.
preview window should stay the same size when sizing the main window
hold shift to show detailed tooltips ? -could show size as bytes? durations in milliseconds etc?
add a command line option to rescan a specific folder index.
add an enable local crash dumps search command, eg: /enable_local_dumps Tools -> Debug -> Enable crash dumps
Add support for symbolic links when using NTFS indexing.
have a simple filename for "always the latest version", eg: Everything.zip Everything.msi etc...
add support for SHGetStockIconInfo
paste with newlines as ORs -as an advanced submenu item? -we cant add to the edit right click menu easily.
show icons on thumbnails -need to check registry if this is enabled for each type.
add support for URLDownloadToFile
add property to show number of NTFS data fragments for files.
add own header control so we can show tooltips when ellipsis are used for header titles.
taskbar group icon shows standard icon for Everything when using 4k display with 300% windows scaling
reload preview if the current preview file has been modified.
add "reset order" and "reset columns" to the column organizer.
customize infotip / tooltips on items like the statusbar custom single result text.
optional menu item to toggle time format to show seconds/milliseconds.
keyboard options page should focus "Show commands containing:" first, otherwise if a hotkey edit is focused, we cant use our alt shortcuts.
renamelist <filenames.txt> -open the multifile renamer from a list of filenames in filenames.txt
scroll sensitivity setting? vscroll/hscroll multiplier, LVM_SCROLL, WM_VSCROLL, WM_MOUSEWHELL etc..
reindex a NTFS volume when a folder is renamed and the old name is not found. (excluded folder is renamed)
online/offline status -add a background thread to Everything to monitor if folder indexes are online/offline and only attempt update when the folder is online...
focus the search edit after some custom timeout? eg 30 seconds?
fix aspect ratio for preview images / thumbnails with odd DPI
add a command line option to show preview pane or hide preview pane. -nopreview
show file attribute details when mousing over, eg: N = Normal. D = Directory
command line option to launch advanced search UI.
add count: to advanced search.
run programs as non-admin from admin everything.
localize search function names
a menu option (under the search menu?) to select which indexes to search. or under the Indexes menu
cache visible highlighted results -clear cache when we get new results. calculated highlighting every time the mouse moves is tooo much
add a TASK SCHEDULER feature, actions could be when a file is created that matches this filter "*.exe" run the following program..
color filters - and icon color multipler filters, so empty folders can be red etc.
highlighting with complex script support.
a way to search the index journal with a normal query? replace rc:?
named file-list:
uniscribe support
custom column padding.
option to prevent Everything from "copy-delete" moving.
parenttag:
Option to 'Freeze' the name column so it always visible
restore defaults for content/properties
toggle button in the folders sidebar pane title to set subfolders.
add a ini setting to prevent access to drives that are asleep.
EFU file history in File menu in the File List Editor.
monitor file list (file -> open filelsit) for external changes
multi monitor with different dpi shows tray popup menu in wrong location
multiple macros for filters, bookmarks with ; eg: pic;img;picture;image
add a search function to search for all the Libraries locations by path. -shell:documentsLibrary expands to Libraries\Documents -we want to search library paths without indexing Libraries
option to choose between current user and all users in installer and Tools -> General.
rather than showing multiple fail errors in the multi-file renamer, show a log at the end.
Show the total indexed size of content in the Content options page.
Add a search function to enable/disable the temporary exclude list
support more than one path when using Everything.exe -create-filelist
rename/lock tab
new folder from right clicking under the path column
group number property
add a property that describes the first line of a content match.
index nested archive files. zip inside zip
fix column order when restoring a column
New Folder AND Enter it
refresh properties on SHCNE update path
/prefix-search
ctrl+shift+insert to cycle paste (from text copied in Everything)
Perceptual hashing (hash for images to find similar pics -like soundex for images)
add option to enable mica support for windows desktop-background style backgrounds
treat unicode 'lm' as a diacritic?
Display System.Search.QueryFocusedSummary somewhere
es output to powershell object.
aarch64 build
Spotlight Server support
support for indexing coll:/My Collection/
ghost cut items in folder sidebar.
zip/container item date-modified (and other properties)
detect external changes to your custom property values.
-set-filters -command line option to load/copy filters.
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> IPC filter -add a filter to apply to IPC calls.
show a progress bar if building IShellItems takes longer than 1 second.
child-total-size property
everything server spec
metaphone
add EVERYTHING_FOLDER_SIDEBAR_FOCUS hidden window.
option to gather property values when indexing properties and the file is excluded. (load property values on demand)
-window-instance <name>
add support for GSS Generic Search Service
mark files -> edit -> Advanced -> mark files. mark: dupe:size;!mark
Index QNAP qsirch
reload policies on WM_SETTINGCHANGE.
instead of rebuilding to remove volumes, just remove the volumes without a rebuild and resort.
child-content-filename-filter:
make it easier to change the localized text when editing your AUDIO filter.
Add custom columns for yaml, json, xml, csv, tsv, etc..
make modified keyboard shortcut command items bold
next/prev run count item command.
set run history count from Tools -> Run History.
bookmark file -Ctrl + F2 = set file bookmark -F2 = select next file bookmark, Shift + F2 = select previous file bookmark
regex match 1 freq
support for LDAP and SAML (AD authentication) for Everything Server
occurrence-word:
window caption format total file/folder counts.
a window title format variable for current window number or total window number?
address bar
EXIF thumbnails
Shortcut Target Exists property.
dm:1hour30mins
sort images by color
track temp-excluded results so we can use #excluded-count: in the statusbar.
Index menu -> Choose volumes wizard
edit | select all siblings
mix by full path and name when display_full_path_name is enabled
add a preprocessor function to show the total sum for a specified property
about:myconfig to show only non-default values.
add a command to clear run count from the current selected items.
avoid adding duplicated filters.
command line switches after -rename
-rename undo history
show last successful rescan date for folders in a tooltip under Tools -> Options -> Folders
show a play button in thumbnail mode for files with an associated iPreviewHandler, when clicked,a preview ontop of the thumbnail could be shown.
undo history and index journal status bar with total item count
Show a Cancel menu item in the Index menu when building the initial index.
match whole filename search menu option
open search-ms files
our own saved search file (ESS? Everything Saved Search)
optional unicode code point sort -same as Everything 1.4
command line option to "ADD PATH to the folder sidebar selection"
Drop description text for file list editor.
system infotip handlers.
$exec command for virtual files.
Add an IPC call to send a WM_COPYDATA reply with the current selection.
Add an option to hide the preview pane when no preview was generated.
add triple click support to all edit controls.
Add a refresh button/menu item when the current search contains a search function that does not update in real-time.
column sidebar to quickly organize and jump to a column.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell 'search Everything here...' context menu item.
and much more....

Done:

[FIXED] Fix broken path sorting.
[FIXED] Fix database corruption when using the folder filter.
[FIXED] Fix a crash when using an indexed property file exclude filter.
[FIXED] Fix an issue with Everything 1.5 excluding files.
[FIXED] Fix a crash when renaming folders and excluding files/folders.
[ADDED] Tabs
[ADDED] Find and replace dialog / find bar
[ADDED] Group policy support
[ADDED] History for multi-file-renamer
[ADDED] right click column header menu layout add/remove should be together.
[ADDED] eml property handler and eml content handler.
[ADDED] add an option to allow * to match \
[ADDED] remove duplicated backslashes in the search, eg: c:\windows\\setup.bmp => c:\windows\setup.bmp, however, allow searches to start with any number of backslashes, eg: \\server\share -added \\ = **\**
[ADDED] add an option to include a trailing backslash for directories when using copy as path and exporting to txt.
[ADDED] dont index folders immediately after adding them, instead start scanning them in the background. -added ini option to do this.
[ADDED] index named data streams
[ADDED] ini options to customize the action of xbutton 1 and xbutton 2.
[ADDED] path ellipsis for path column -added ini setting
[ADDED] isopen: search function to list files that are currently opened.
[ADDED] hash from sfv, .sha256 property etc
[FIXED] preview hang on vob files
[ADDED] temp exclude list items need a UI check box to toggle them on/off
[ADDED] add support for the not operator ! in other search boxes
[ADDED] multi-file-renamer insert property #format-date:#get-property:date-modified,"yy mm dd hh MM ss"
[ADDED] grid lines
[ADDED] close button on sidebars
[ADDED] add 'Everything will restart' warning to reload config dialog
[ADDED] Add a search function to use the new Find Property Duplicates feature.
[ADDED] total bytes written stat for db:save
[ADDED] rewrite preview pane
[ADDED] sfv pass property