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Field Description
 
Quick search in current directory
CTRL+ALT+Letters The quick search window is opened with CTRL+ALT+Letter. Once the window is open, the CTRL and ALT keys can be released. The ALT key together with a letter activates the menu item which is underlined.
ALT+Letters With this setting, ALT+Letter activates the quick search window. The menu can be activated with F9, F10 or ALT - release ALT - Letter.
Letter only Like in Windows Explorer, typing a letter jumps to the next file starting with that letter. To use the command line, you must press the right cursor key, or shift+right key if brief file display is on. You can type the first few characters of a file, not only the first letter. Total Commander will 'forget' the typed letters after about 1 second delay.
Letters - with search dialog
Like "Letter only", but with the quick search window. Typing a * (not on numeric keypad!) as the first character will search for the string anywhere in the file name.
Disabled Turns off all above methods to invoke the quick search function. Useful in combination with the internal command cm_ShowQuickSearch, which may be put on a hotkey to invoke quick search.
 
Note: When using one of the quick search options with search dialog, a button will be shown which causes Total Commander to filter out all files which do NOT match the filter. This filter will remain active also after closing the quick search dialog, and can be removed by changing to a different directory, with the ESC key, or by refreshing the current directory with F2 or Ctrl+R. An active filter is signalled by a filter icon in the panel's status bar. You can open this search filter dialog and toggle the filter also with Ctrl+S. The last used filter can be reactivated with Ctrl+Shift+S. Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Z in the search filter dialog clears the current filter, Ctrl+W deletes the word to the left of the cursor.
 
Note 2: Quick search with search dialog may crash when using an older version of the plugin "Quick search extended". Please update the plugin if this happens.
 
Exact name match:
Beginning (name must start with first typed character)
If checked, the name must begin with the typed letters, otherwise they can appear anywhere in the name (a * is put in front of the typed letters).
Example: Search string "est"
- If checked: "est" finds only names which start with "est" but not "Test.txt"
- If not checked: "est" also finds "Test.txt"
Ending (last character before a typed dot . must match)
If checked and a dot is typed in, then the name typed so far must be an exact match. If this option isn't checked, the dot is automatically replaced by *. (any characters allowed before the dot).
Example: Search string "Te.tx"
- If checked: "Te.tx" finds "Te.txt", but not "Test.txt"
- If not checked: "Te.tx" finds also "Test.txt" (no exact match in front of the dot)