Path output replacement

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eugenesv
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Path output replacement

Post by eugenesv »

Instead of the long paths it would be nice to be able to show a replacement string
  • C:\Users\my_long_user\AppData\Roaming
  • 🗿Roam
This would fit a lot more data in the Path column
void
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Re: Path output replacement

Post by void »

Please consider narrow paths in Everything 1.5.

Narrow paths show the last part of the path first.

For example:
Roaming (C:\Users\my_long_user\AppData)

To enable narrow paths:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    narrow
  • Select: path_narrow
  • Set the value to: true
  • Click OK.
path_narrow



Please consider path ellipsis in Everything 1.5.

The first part and last part of the path are always shown.

For example:
C:\...\Roaming

To enable paths ellipsis:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    path
  • Select: path_ellipsis
  • Set the value to: true
  • Select: path_narrow
  • Set the value to: false
  • Click OK.
path_ellipsis



I will consider an option to rewrite paths for display. ( C:\Users\my_long_user\AppData => 🗿 )
Thank you for the suggestion.
eugenesv
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Re: Path output replacement

Post by eugenesv »

Thanks, in general the ellipsis option is better as drive letters are important, however, they suffer from one big flaw that this "lossless" replacement would fix - they break vertical alignment of similar paths (since ... will cut out differently sized middle chunks), so it's harder to spot same/different paths

So for general use I unfortunately have disabled them and just scroll :(
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