BUG: The "find <SortedColumn> duplicates" command cannot be turned off

[Raindrops]

Sort the display on any column, and then select the "find <SortedColumn> duplicates" context menu command.

At this time, the context menu should display a tick against the "find <SortedColumn> duplicates" command, to indicate that this mode is turned on.
Secondly, the user should be allowed to select the same context menu item once again to toggle off the "find duplicates" mode.

But this does not happen: The tick does not appear when the command is on. There is no way to turn it off. [BUG]

We have to exit Everything, and relaunch it.
This is not convenient.

[void]

To turn off find duplicates:

• Double click the DUPE text in the status bar.
  -or-
• Change the search.

You can click Find <property> duplicates for multiple columns, one after the other. (eg: size first, then date modified second)
It might be necessary to reapply Find <property> duplicates, so a checkbox doesn't really work.
Thank you for the suggestion.



Finding duplicates in Everything

[Raindrops]

To turn off find duplicates:

• Double click the DUPE text in the status bar.
  -or-
• Change the search.

IMHO these solutions are not intuitive because they are not related with the original action that set the duplicate finding mode.

• The dup finder is activated by using the context menu on the column head, but the control to turn it off is located in the diametrically opposite corner of the UI. This is not intuitive. IMHO the same control should toggle then mode.
• The status bar was a complete surprise: I didn't expect the DUPE text to be an actionable button.
  It does not look like a clickable button at all.
  Further, no button should require a double-click.
• Users will also not intuitively realize that changing the search can reset the dup finder, because these are not logically related.
  For example, I can search for dups with or without a search string entered.
  Therefore entering a different search string should not reset the dup finder.

[void]

Thank you for the feedback Raindrops,

I am considering search tags shown in the search bar, for example:


An X button to the right of the statusbar DUPE text might also work..

[Raindrops]

That's wonderful!

Thanks for consideration!

[Raindrops]

An X button to the right of the statusbar DUPE text might also work..

umm.... IMHO that design would still suffer from the same problem: The "on" and "off" controls for a given mode must not be separated too much. Ideally it should be the same control to toggle the mode on/off.

So having a tag in the search bar itself is much better.