Possible to add ability for also inverting the *search terms*?

[Coldblackice]

Would it be possible to add a keyboard shortcut ability that inverts the search? For example, if I have a search consisting of:

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\Cache \Firefox \System32

Then pressing the "Invert" keyboard shortcut, e.g. CTRL-SHIFT-I, inverts each of those terms, adding an "!" in front of each of them, like so:

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!\Cache !\Firefox !\System32

Or if I've mouse-selected the "\Firefox \System32", then:

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\Cache !\Firefox !\System32

If I then mouse-select the "\Cache !\Firefox", then:

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!\Cache \Firefox !\System32

And if nothing is currently mouse-selected, then the Invert function inverts each item. Not a huge deal having to prepend each item with a "!", it'd just be helpful if there was a quick keyboard shortcut that could do this (natively, without having to use an external utility like AutoHotKey). TIA

[void]

Good idea, I'll consider adding an invert search option.
Thanks for the suggestion.

This could also be done with:
!<\Cache \Firefox \System32>

For now you could try adding a filter to do this:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: NOT
• Change the Search to: !<search:>
• Change the Macro to: notsearch<search>
• Set a new keyboard shortcut (optional) -Pressing this shortcut key will toggle the NOT filter.
• Click OK.

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.