Mix / interleave folders and files when sorting

[mq3]

Hi everyone,

Is it okay to ask where "mixing folders and files in a sort" is on the road map?

I know that it is on the to do list because of void's Things to do reply, which I've included an excerpt of below:

[...]
Old list for reference:
[...]
"Things to do" list in no particular order (* = implemented):

• [...]
• Mix folders and files in a sort operation. option to display folders first or not...
  [...]

[...]

And also it's already partially possibly when sorting by recently changed or run history: mix folders forum search

Thanks very much.

[void]

I'm concerned about performance. I'll be considering the option to mix file and folder results in Everything 1.5.

And also it's already partially possibly when sorting by recently changed

The same method would be used for mixing file and folder results.
However, it doesn't perform the best when sorting the entire index, there are usually only a few recent changes / run history items.

[minsik]

here is an idea.
in explorer with details and a list of files and folders displayed a shift-click on the name column will enable folders to be displayed first (in the sort order of the original setting) ie date order in effect descending then shift-click will put the folderes at the top in date order descending and all other files displayed below.


Of course the option would need consideration if this is a good way to use this modification of the sort order and/as well as an option in the view to put folders at the top or intermingled within the sort order.

My goto program and must have on everything (pun intended) devices.
thanks.

[void]

I'm working on an option to index "folders as files" which will mix results.

I'll consider the option to shift + click column headers to swap between folders first and files first.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[void]

Looking into this more, I will implement the same feature as Windows Explorer, that is:

Shift + clicking a column header will set the selected column as the secondary sort and apply always show folders first.

Everything will remember the always show folders first setting until you set a new primary sort (eg: clicking a new column header without shift).

[latingo]

I frequently sort the output according to path.
If I click on the path column, the output is sorted folders first.
Folders first make sense to me when I sort according to name.
But with sorting according to path it is much clearer to mix folders and files especially when searching with regex.
Thus, I would appreciate if I could set an option for this.

[mq3]

I frequently sort the output according to path.
If I click on the path column, the output is sorted folders first.
Folders first make sense to me when I sort according to name.
But with sorting according to path it is much clearer to mix folders and files especially when searching with regex.
Thus, I would appreciate if I could set an option for this.

I completely agree. It would be wonderful to have this ability

Thanks so much Search Everything development team! Search Everything is definitely one of my top favorite applications I have ever used

[cadillac]

I am waiting for that feature too. Any progress?

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[NotNull]

If anything, it will be part of a next major release (version 1.5 or higher).
The release date of that is unknown (still a lot to do).