Filter bar position? How?

[ChrisGreaves]

I have shot myself in the foot.
A week or two ago (1.5.0.1378a (x64)) I had a problem with the drop-down filter-bar display and somehow managed to solve that little problem by positioning the Filter Toolbar to the LHS of the screen.

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Now I want it back at the RHS of the screen.
A trip through Tools, Options revealed no quick fix.
I found a reference in Everything.INI "filters_right_align=1" but am reluctant to start changing the INI based on my limited understanding of what is going on.
A search of the forums sent me to a couple of promising topics:-
Re: Suggestion list is covering way too much and
filters_sidebar_visible

I don't expect anyone here to remember how I moved the filter bar to the left (really evil grin), but for starters:-

(1) Is the position of the filter bar supposed to be changed through a GUI within Everything? If so, please, how?
(2) Is the position of the filter bar supposed to be changed through an exit-Everything edit of the INI file? If so, what settings are available (top RHS, top-LHS, bottom-LHS, bottom RHS? Floating?). If so, How?

Thanks, Chris

[therube]

Right-click the Filter Bar.
Should be a 'Move Filter Bar to Left|Right'.

After that, check the value of your found variable & see if in fact its' value changes when you change the menu setting.

[void]

therube has the right answer.

The filter bar can also change sides by:
Double-clicking the divider between the search box and filter bar.
-or-
Dragging the divider between the search box and filter bar all the way to the left.
-or-

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  
  /filters_right_align=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, filters_right_align=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

[ChrisGreaves]

Right-click the Filter Bar. Should be a 'Move Filter Bar to Left|Right'.

Thank you, therube. This did the trick.
I suspect that I saw this as an option while I was trying, mouse-like, to adjust the position and size of the filter bar - the old click-everywhere-at-random technique favoured by novices.

After that, check the value of your found variable & see if in fact its' value changes when you change the menu setting.

I am not sure what you mean by the 'found variable". I did take a peek again into the file Everything.INI and found this key:-

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filters_right_align=1

which makes sense to me.
Cheers, Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

The filter bar can also change sides by:
Double-clicking the divider between the search box and filter bar.

Bingo! A neat trick which, I suspect I am going to find - works in other elements of the screen susceptible to re-positioning.

Dragging the divider between the search box and filter bar all the way to the left.

Despite what I write to TheRube, this now is the candidate for me; I can see me - for some reason - trying to adjust the size of the filter bar and dragging the divider all the way to the right; after which random panic would ensue.

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  
  /filters_right_align=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, filters_right_align=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Ahah! The truly Brave test this out (after checking ON "View Status bar") and find that setting the value to zero shoots the bar to the left; so that clears up that little mystery,
(signed) "Happy Composter" of Bonavista.