Font Color for diferent drives

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mcweb
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Font Color for diferent drives

Post by mcweb »

Is it possible to assign font colors to different drives in the search results?
It is so that I can quickly tell if a file or folder is on my local C: or on a network drive letter.

Thanks.
void
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by void »

Not yet, sorry.

Custom color filters are on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.
mcweb
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by mcweb »

Font colors for different drives would be a great thing!
void
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by void »

Everything 1.5.0.1332a adds very basic support for customizing the font color for different drives:


To set a color filter for folders only:
  • Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
    about:config
  • Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
    ---this will open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-1.5a.ini in Notepad---
  • Please change the following lines:

    color_filters=
    color_filters_foreground_color=
    color_filters_dark_foreground_color=
    color_filters_type=

    to:

    color_filters=c:**,d:**,e:**
    color_filters_foreground_color=#ff0000,#00ff00,#0000ff
    color_filters_dark_foreground_color=#ff0000,#00ff00,#0000ff
    color_filters_type=3,3,3

    where each setting is a semicolon (;) delimited list of values.
    Leave a value empty to use the default color/font-style.
    Filters support wildcards or regex with the regex: prefix.
    The whole filename is matched.
    ** = match any character (any number of times.
    * = match any character (except \) any number of times.
    ? = match a single character.
    Use a path separator to match the full path and filename.
    Use double quotes to escape your filters which are also semicolon (;) delimited lists.
    Use \ inside double quotes to escape special characters, eg: \\ or \"
    Use #RRGGBB for the color, where RR is the hex value for red, GG is the hex value for green and BB is the hex value for blue.
  • Save changes and exit Notepad.
  • In Everything, accept the prompt to reload your configuration file.
ovg
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by ovg »

void wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:35 am Everything 1.5.0.1332a adds support for customizing the font color for different drives:

To set a color filter for folders only:
  • Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
    about:config
  • Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
    ---this will open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-1.5a.ini in Notepad---
  • Please change the following lines:
    to:
    color_filters=c:**;d:**;e:**
    color_filters_foreground_color=#ff0000;#00ff00;#0000ff
    color_filters_dark_foreground_color=#ff0000;#00ff00;#0000ff
    color_filters_type=1,1,1
    where each setting is a semicolon (;) delimited list of values.
Hello David!
It doesn't work for me and ";" are automatically changed to "," in ini file ...

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color_filters=c:**,d:**,e:**
color_filters_type=1,1,1
color_filters_foreground_color=#ff0000,#00ff00,#0000ff
color_filters_dark_foreground_color=#ff0000,#00ff00,#0000ff
What am i missing?
void
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by void »

Ah, sorry, it should have been:

color_filters_type=3,3,3



type can be one of the following values:
0 = use default settings (files only)
1 = folders only
2 = files only
3 = files and folders.


, or ; can be used to separate items in your lists.



More information here.
ovg
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by ovg »

Thanks David!

Now working fine, but before changing ini file the EV and EV service should be stopped, otherwise doesn't working for me (changes in ini file are lost)
mcweb
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Re: Font Color for diferent drives

Post by mcweb »

WOW! Works great! Took me a little bit to configure the way I liked, but now all good!
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