Shortcut to display content of parent folder or file folder

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adamiks
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Shortcut to display content of parent folder or file folder

Post by adamiks »

I use everything a lot and very often i catch myself on trying to display content of found folder
or content of file parent folder

I know i can copy path and display it but it would be awesome to make it using keyboard shortcut

is it possible in Everything? if not please consider adding:]

it would be great if parent folder would be at the top so you could go up an up:]
void
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Re: Shortcut to display content of parent folder or file fol

Post by void »

What about context menus ?

For folders you could add your own context menu:
In regedit, make the following key:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Parent...\command
Set the default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Parent...\command to:

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C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -parentpath "%1"
Where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe is the location of your Everything.exe

For files you could add your own context menu:
In regedit, make the following key:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent...\command
Set the default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent...\command to:

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C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -parentpath "%1"
Where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe is the location of your Everything.exe

To bind a shortcut to Search Parent...:
  • Exit Everything.
  • Open your Everything.ini and change the following line:

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    custom_verb01=
    to:

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    custom_verb01=Search Parent...
  • Save changes and restart Everything.
Set the keyboard shortcut:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Keyboard tab.
  • Type in verb for show commands containing:
  • Select File | Custom Verb 1
  • Click Add...
  • Press your new keyboard shortcut and click OK.
  • Click OK.
Last edited by void on Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: removed unnecessary \ escapes
nka
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Re: Shortcut to display content of parent folder or file fol

Post by nka »

nevermind. I wasn't using the beta

What keyboard tab? I don't have one in Options. I would like to add a keyboard shortcut to "Open Path" when highlighting over the list of results
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