Long running operation - I don't want to lose them so "easily"

[defza]

Hi,

If I've done a long running operation like a full content: search for example, and then I mistakenly press something in the search bar, or change something in the columns or something that causes the results to be rebuilt, I would like to be warned that I will lose these results.

Perhaps a setting to prompt the user that "this search took a long time, you will lose these search results now, are you sure?"
And maybe there can be a value of what constitutes a long time, e.g. "X minutes".

It just feels way too easy to clobber a giant search that took a long time to generate.

Thanks D

[void]

I will consider showing a warning before changing the search after the current results took a long time to populate.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[defza]

Same applies when closing the window and losing expensive results

Thanks.

[void]

The hide_on_close setting may help here.

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /hide_on_close=1
• If successful, hide_on_close=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Closing an Everything search window will now be hidden instead of closed.
The next time you open a new search window, this hidden search window is reshown.

[Marco Polo]

I will consider showing a warning before changing the search after the current results took a long time to populate.

Probably an extra button can be added so that search field just becomes inactive?

btw, /hide_on_close=1 works not always if there were more that 1 search windows opened.

[harryray2]

I don't know if this helps, but what I do is to have a second instance that I use for special, or long running operations. My second instance has slightly different settings and configuration, and has a different icon showing on my task bar and system tray (I use Win 7).

I also have the menu bar bright red to remind me what instance I'm using.

[void]

Probably an extra button can be added so that search field just becomes inactive?

Maybe an option to lock the search box?



There's an undocumented max_hidden_windows ini setting to allow only one hidden window.

Otherwise, Everything restore hidden windows in the reverse close order.