How to change the columns of Find file results?

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homay2
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How to change the columns of Find file results?

Post by homay2 »

By default the results of Find File are displayed in these columns:
long-date, size, attributes and filename

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╔════════════════════ Find file: *.* (using filter) ════════════════════╗
║  L:\DCIM\110_1128\                                                   ▲║
║       2013-11-28│       336855│   A       │IMG_0126.JPG              ▓║
║       2013-11-28│       365679│   A       │IMG_0129.JPG              ▓║
║       2013-11-28│       330361│   A       │IMG_0128.JPG              ▓║
I prefer the Far1.x/2.0-like columns: filename, size, date, attributes

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╔═══════════════════════════ Find file: *.* ═══════════════════════════╗
║  L:\DCIM\110_1128\                                   <Folder>       ▲║
║    IMG_0126.JPG                      336855  13-11-28  21:04    A   ░║
║    IMG_0129.JPG                      365679  13-11-28  21:22    A   ░║
║    IMG_0128.JPG                      330361  13-11-28  21:05    A   ░║
I couldn't find out how to achieve this.
Please help me where to change/configure these?
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Re: How to change the columns of Find file results?

Post by cyberwolf »

When you open the "Find File" dialog there is an "Advanced" button, if you press it you get to the advanced settings, it should look something like :

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╔══════════ Find file advanced options ══════════╗ 
║ Search only in the first:                      ║ 
║                                                ║ 
║ [ ] Process alternate data streams             ║ 
╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ 
║ Column types                                   ║ 
║ D,S,A                                          ║ 
║ Column widths                                  ║ 
║ 14,13,0                                        ║ 
╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ 
║               { OK } [ Cancel ]                ║ 
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ 
You have to change the "Column types" and "Column widths" entries, if you need help just select one of the edit boxes and press F1, FAR's help will explain what you can type in those editboxes.

Note : it seems you cannot add the name as being the first entry, there's no placeholder for "Column type" to show the filename, it's always added as the last entry (or at least i couldn't fin one).
Also, the help is not completely translated to english so some entries are in russian, you can copy&paste the text from there to http://translate.google.com to see what it's about.
Sorry for writing in English in the Russian forums, but i don't speak Russian and don't trust online translators. :D

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Re: How to change the columns of Find file results?

Post by homay2 »

Thank you for your help!
My bad, I did not try the 'Advanced' "button".

I don't like that Name must be the last column, but I understand that this facilitates scrolling to the right (Alt+arrows).
It's also unfriendly that the attribute column does not obey the column width if smaller than 6.
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Re: How to change the columns of Find file results?

Post by HaRT »

homay2 wrote:It's also unfriendly that the attribute column does not obey the column width if smaller than 6.
That would require dropping some of the main attributes and that will mean that people will need to specify their precedence which will need extra effort to implement and maintain.
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