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  <p>Geeqie provides a utility to find one or more images based on various parameters.</p>

  <p>To display a new Search Window press F3 or select Search from the File menu.</p>

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  </p>

  <p>To start a search activate the Find button. A search in progress can be stopped by activating the Stop button.</p>

  <p>The progress of an active search is displayed as a progress bar at the bottom of the window. The progress bar will also display the total files that match the search parameters, and the total number of files searched.</p>

  <p>When a search is completed, the total number of files found and their total size will be displayed in the status bar.</p>

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  </p>

  <h2>Search location</h2>

  <p>One of several locations can be chosen as the source to use in the search.</p>

  <dt>Results</dt>
  <dd>
  <p>The search will include all files currently listed in the results list, use this to refine a previous search.</p>
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  <h2>Search parameters</h2>

  <p>Each search parameter can be enabled or disabled with the check box to it's left. For a file to be a match, all enabled parameters must be true.</p>
  

  <dd>
  <p>The search will match if the file's associated keywords match all, match any, or exclude the entered keywords, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. Keywords can be separated with a space, comma, or tab character.</p>
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  <h2>Results list</h2>

  <p>Files that match the parameters of the search are shown in the list. By default they are displayed in the order that they are found, to sort the results list by a column activate or click the column title. Activating a column that is already used to sort the list will toggle between increasing and decreasing sort order.</p>

  <p>A <b>context menu</b> is available for the result list by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key when a row has the focus.</p>

          <p>Creates a new collection containing the selected images.</p>
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          <p><br />
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        <td>
          <p>Print</p>
        </td>

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        <td>
          <p>Menu</p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p><br />
          </p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p>Displays the context menu.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

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        <td>
          <p>Control + T</p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p><br />
          </p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p>Toggle display of thumbnails.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

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        <td>
          <p>Control + W</p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p><br />
          </p>
        </td>

        <td>
          <p>Close window.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
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  </p>

  <p>The <b>selection</b> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <a href="main_window_file_pane.html">file pane</a> of the main window.</p>

  <p>The image Dimensions column of the result list will only contain dimension information when dimensions are included in the search parameters.</p>

  <p><br />
  <br />
  </p>

  <h2>Status bar</h2>

  <p>At the bottom of the search window is an area that includes the following items from left to right:</p>

  <dd>
  <p>Activate the stop button to end a search that is in progress.</p>
  </dd>
  </dl>

  <p><br />
  <br />
  </p>

  <h2>Drag and Drop</h2>

  <p>Drag and drop can be initiated with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging a file that is selected will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</p>

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  <p>Geeqie provides a utility to find one or more images based on various parameters.</p>

  <p>To display a new Search Window press F3 or select Search from the File menu.</p>

  <p>To start a search activate the Find button. A search in progress can be stopped by activating the Stop button.</p>

  <p>The progress of an active search is displayed as a progress bar at the bottom of the window. The progress bar will also display the total files that match the search parameters, and the total number of files searched.</p>

  <p>When a search is completed, the total number of files found and their total size will be displayed in the status bar.</p>

  <h2>Search location</h2>

  <p>One of several locations can be chosen as the source to use in the search.</p>

  <dt>Results</dt>
  <dd>
  <p>The search will include all files currently listed in the results list, use this to refine a previous search.</p>
  </dd>
  </dl>

  <h2>Search parameters</h2>

  <p>Each search parameter can be enabled or disabled with the check box to it's left. For a file to be a match, all enabled parameters must be true.</p>
  

  <dd>
  <p>The search will match if the file's associated keywords match all, match any, or exclude the entered keywords, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. Keywords can be separated with a space, comma, or tab character.</p>
  </dd>
  </dl>
  
  <h2>Results list</h2>

  <p>Files that match the parameters of the search are shown in the list. By default they are displayed in the order that they are found, to sort the results list by a column activate or click the column title. Activating a column that is already used to sort the list will toggle between increasing and decreasing sort order.</p>

  <p>A <b>context menu</b> is available for the result list by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key when a row has the focus.</p>

          <p>Creates a new collection containing the selected images.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Print</p>
        </td>

      <tr>
        <td>
          <p>Menu</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Displays the context menu.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td>
          <p>Control + T</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Toggle display of thumbnails.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td>
          <p>Control + W</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Close window.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
  </div>

  <p>The <b>selection</b> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <a href="main_window_file_pane.html">file pane</a> of the main window.</p>

  <p>The image Dimensions column of the result list will only contain dimension information when dimensions are included in the search parameters.</p>

  <h2>Status bar</h2>

  <p>At the bottom of the search window is an area that includes the following items from left to right:</p>

  <dd>
  <p>Activate the stop button to end a search that is in progress.</p>
  </dd>
  </dl>

  <h2>Drag and Drop</h2>

  <p>Drag and drop can be initiated with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging a file that is selected will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</p>

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