What is "Undo History"?

[ChrisGreaves]

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How does Undo History work?
I think that it means “Undo actions stored in a History of actions”.

I figured Delete was a reckless action I might want to undo, searched for my MSWord “Backup of” files and recklessly deleted the half-dozen files over over 1MB.
Then I chose Edit, Undo History and received the screen shown above.
I expected to see a half-dozen deleted “Backup of” files, something like a Windows recycle bin.

I am, as usual, out of my depth again.

Thanks for any tips. I am trying to understand topics listed here, but it may be that I am not deep enough into Everything yet.
Cheers, Chris

[void]

The Undo History is a history of all actions performed in Everything.

For example:
Renaming a file.
Deleting a file.
Moving a file/folder by drag-dropping / pasting.



Most actions can be undone.
Drag-dropping a file onto Windows Explorer cannot be undone from Everything.
Windows Explorer handles this action.
This action can be undone from with Windows Explorer. (Edit -> Undo)

Permanently deleting an item cannot be undone.



When you perform an action, an undo operation is added to your undo history.
You can undo the last action from the Edit menu, by clicking on Undo.

If an action is undone, you can redo the action from the Edit menu, by clicking on Redo.



To undo any previous action in Everything:

• In Everything, from the Edit menu, click Undo History.
• Select the action to undo.
• Click Undo.
• Close the window.

To undo actions that were not performed in Everything, please see the Index Journal.



There must be a bug with deleted items currently not showing up.
I'm looking into the issue.
Thank you for the issue report.

[ChrisGreaves]

The Undo History is a history of all actions performed in Everything....
... There must be a bug with deleted items currently not showing up.

Void, thanks for the overview. Duly noted (and copy/pasted into a MSWord document }
You might hold off on bug investigation until I have done a bit more work with Undo History, (I am still battling Win11 and a new laptop),
but I suspect there might be terminology issues surrounding "Undo System" and "Undo History".
Cheers, Chris

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1340a fixes an with adding undo operations when deleting an item.

[ChrisGreaves]

Everything 1.5.0.1340a fixes an with adding undo operations when deleting an item.

Void thanks for this. I have installed Everything 1.5.0.1340a, deleted 56 files, used Edit, Undelete, and got my files back.
Thanks for the fix.
Cheers, Chris