How to load detailed info like Length for all files at once?

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

If I click Column for Size, then all items are sorted accordingly. But if will write in Search Edit e.g.

.WAV

for the purpose of filtering out such audio files and then turn on Column for Size Length, then sorting by this parameter will be futile - because I would have to first scroll through all the list in order for it to update its items with info about weight of items

Is it an intended [and default?] behavior? Or is it a bug? Or can per-loading of such info be added to the database?

I already have once encountered such issue- for parameter of size for folders in FreeCommander: https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8535; and it was fixed, so that data about size of all folders would be considered before sorting would show its results, thus making obsolete the need to scroll and then re-sort


I am using Everything 1.5.0.1346a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 19042.746 x64

[void]

Everything will automatically gather properties that are visible.

turn on Column for Size

Did you mean turn on Column for Length?

To gather the Length property for all results, either:

Sort by length.

-or-

Perform a search on length.
For example, include the following in your search:
length:

-or-

Select all results (Ctrl + A)
From the File menu, click Read Extended Information.



Gathering properties can take a very long time.
A progress bar is shown in the status bar on the right.
Right click the progress bar and click Cancel to cancel gathering properties.

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

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Did you mean turn on Column for Length?

Yes, I meant to write Length in the [second] example

I have just corrected my initial post

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To gather the Length property for all results, either:

Sort by length.
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Somehow this was not working yesterday

Maybe because I evoked some rare glitch with doing some various heavy work prior to that sorting. We will never know- unless i happens again and I will start to see a triggering pattern

Gathering properties can take a very long time.
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So maybe users should be able to have Everything gather this info [and other details] in background- and have it

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added to the database?
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If it would bloat the DB file then this could be made as an option, turned off by default: users would pick what they need. I for example would ckeck-box Length, as I do a lot of mending with audio files and use now Everything along Mp3tag

[therube]

If you don't want the lazy-load, you can add Length as a Property, indexed (in 1.5alpha).
(You can also filter what is indexed, like only audio file types or audio or video...)

[void]

To index Length information:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Properties tab on the left.
• Click Add....
• Search for: length
• Select Length and click OK.
• Click OK.

Indexing properties.

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Thank you, this works - although not entirely: viewtopic.php?t=13337