Greatly improved search engine

The most important news is the updated search engine. Now it's finally possible to search for entries with a particular size, modification date, folder depth, extension, content type, number of children and more. For example, to find every MP4 file, larger than 1GB, you can simply type:

ext:mp4 size:>1gb

Like before, empty space will be treated as an AND operator, but with this new release you can now also build queries with OR and NOT operators. For example, to find all JPG and PNG files, which were modified last month, with mum or dad in their name, you can simply type:

(mum OR dad) ext:jpg;png dm:lastmonth

For a more detailed list of features of the updated search engine see: https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/wiki/Search-syntax

Custom filters

FSearch already had a few selected filters included, such as Videos, Documents or Archives. Now it's possible to add new and modify existing filters in Preferences -> Search -> Filter. This feature is especially useful for frequently used queries. For example, if you often find yourself searching within your backup drive you can now add a new filter:

After that Backup will show up in the filter drop down menu, next to the search field, where you can quickly activate the filter:

Or you can also use the macro name, followed by an :, in the search field, to activate filters on demand. For example, to find all files in your backup which were last modified more than 3 years ago you can then type:

backup: dm:<past3years

Noteworthy changes

New search engine
Custom filters
Greatly improved highlighting of search terms
Slow queries can now be aborted
Sorting can now be aborted
Improved sort performance
Improved scroll performance
Remember file selection after a database update
Added filter for desktop applications
Option to launch desktop applications (.desktop files)
Show desktop application icons for .desktop files
Option to exit FSearch when ESC is pressed (@mrubli)
Scroll the result list when selecting files with the rubber band if necessary
Invert selection with rubber band when Ctrl is pressed
Open with menu only shows applications which support all selected files
Improved opening of multiple files with the same type (they get now passed as a list to applications, instead of one by one)
Better support for opening files in sandboxed mode
Add menu items with links to the issue tracker, forum and donation pages
Exclude /proc and /sys by default
Open context menu when Menu key or Shift + F10 are pressed
and tons of bug fixes, translation updates and smaller improvements

What's next?

Now that searching is almost as powerful as I want it to be, the next 0.3 release will primarily focus on the database. My plan is to finally add the ability to monitor for filesystem changes, so you don't have to update the database manually so often. It will also add the ability to index (and search) additional information (like creation or access time).

And last but not least: Tank you!

I'm really grateful for all the contributions, whether it were code changes, bug reports, translations or donations!

Merged Pull Requests

window: save column widths on shutdown (fixes #290) by @mrubli in #293
fsearch_window.c get_sort_type_for_name: Add nullptr check by @p0lyh3dron in #340
Add setting to exit the application when Escape is pressed by @mrubli in #301
Fix typos by @ersen0 in #356
Correct a typo in fsearch_list_view.h by @felixonmars in #373

New Contributors

@mrubli made their first contribution in #293
@p0lyh3dron made their first contribution in #340
@ersen0 made their first contribution in #356
@felixonmars made their first contribution in #373

Full Changelog: 0.1...0.2

cboxdoerfer/fsearch 0.2 Feature Release: 0.2 on GitHub