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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2 <section id="GuideImageSearchSearch">
3 <title>
4 Search Window
5 </title>
6 <para>
7 Geeqie provides a utility to find one or more images based on various parameters.
8 </para>
9 <para>
10 To display a new Search Window press F3 or select Search from the File menu.
11 </para>
12 <para>
13 To start a search activate the Find button. A search in progress can be stopped by activating the Stop button.
14 </para>
15 <para>
16 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.
17 </para>
18 <para>
19 When a search is completed, the total number of files found and their total size will be displayed in the status bar.
20 </para>
21 <para/><section id="Searchlocation"><title>
22 Search location
23 </title>
24 <para>
25 One of several locations can be chosen as the source to use in the search.
26 </para>
27 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
28 Path
29 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
30 <para>
31 The search will include files located in the selected folder, enable the Recurse check box to include the contents of all sub folders.
32 </para>
33 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
34 Comments
35 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
36 <para>
37 The search will include all files that have a keyword or comment associated to it.
38 </para>
39 <para>
40 Note: Only keyword and comment associations stored in the user's home folder are included in this search type.
41 </para>
42 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
43 Results
44 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
45 <para>
46 The search will include all files currently listed in the results list, use this to refine a previous search.
47 </para>
48 <para/></section><section id="Searchparameters"><title>
49 Search parameters
50 </title>
51 <para>
52 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.
53 </para>
54 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
55 File name
56 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
57 <para>
58 The search will match if the entered text appears within the file name, or if the text exactly matches the file name, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. The text comparison can be made to be case sensitive by enabling the Match case checkbox.
59 </para>
60 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
61 File size
62 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
63 <para>
64 The search will match if the file size on disk is equal to, less than, greater than, or between the entered value, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive, for example a file of size 10 will match if the size parameters are between 10 and 15.
65 </para>
66 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
67 File date
68 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
69 <para>
70 The search will match if the file modification time on disk is equal to, before, after, or between the entered date, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive, for example a file with date of 10/04/2003 will match if the date parameters are between 10/04/2003 and 12/31/2003.
71 </para>
72 <para>
73 For convenience, the button with the down arrow displays a pop up calendar to enter the date.
74 </para>
75 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
76 Image dimensions
77 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
78 <para>
79 The search will match if the image dimensions are equal to, less than, greater than, or between the entered values, depending on the method selected from the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive.
80 </para>
81 <para>
82 The image dimensions test is simple, both width and height must be within the allowed values for a match.
83 </para>
84 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
85 Image content
86 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
87 <para>
88 The search will match if the image contents are similar within the percentage value, inclusive. This uses the same test and data that is used to determine image similarity when <link linkend="GuideImageSearchFindingDuplicates">Finding Duplicates</link>. The entry is for entering the path for the image to use in this test.
89 </para>
90 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
91 Keywords
92 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
93 <para>
94 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.
95 </para>
96 <para/></section><section id="Resultslist"><title>
97 Results list
98 </title>
99 <para>
100 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.
101 </para>
102 <para>
103 A <emphasis role="strong">context menu</emphasis> is available for the result list by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key when a row has the focus.
104 </para>
105 <para>
106 <emphasis role="strong">Keyboard shortcuts</emphasis> available in the results list:
107 </para>
108 <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody><row><entry>
109 Shortcut
110 </entry><entry>
111 Context menu name
112 </entry><entry>
113 Description
114 </entry></row>
115 <row><entry>
116 Enter
117 </entry><entry>
118 View
119 </entry><entry>
120 Opens selected image in main window.
121 </entry></row>
122 <row><entry>
123 V
124 </entry><entry>
125 View in new window
126 </entry><entry>
127 Opens selected image in a new window.
128 </entry></row>
129 <row><entry>
130 Ctrl + A
131 </entry><entry>
132 Select all
133 </entry><entry>
134 Selects all images.
135 </entry></row>
136 <row><entry>
137 Ctrl + Shift + A
138 </entry><entry>
139 Select none
140 </entry><entry>
141 Clear the image selection.
142 </entry></row>
143 <row><entry>
144 Ctrl + 1 through<?db2html element="br"?>
145 Ctrl + 0
146 </entry><entry>
147 Edit sub menu
148 </entry><entry>
149 Executes the respective editor command.
150 </entry></row>
151 <row><entry>
152 Ctrl + P
153 </entry><entry>
154 Properties
155 </entry><entry>
156 Opens a properties window for selected images.
157 </entry></row>
158 <row><entry>
159 C
160 </entry><entry>
161 Add to new collection
162 </entry><entry>
163 Creates a new collection containing the selected images.
164 </entry></row>
165 <row><entry/><entry>
166 Print
167 </entry><entry>
168 Opens a print dialog for selected images.
169 </entry></row>
170 <row><entry>
171 Ctrl + C
172 </entry><entry>
173 Copy
174 </entry><entry>
175 Copy selected images.
176 </entry></row>
177 <row><entry>
178 Ctrl + M
179 </entry><entry>
180 Move
181 </entry><entry>
182 Move selected images.
183 </entry></row>
184 <row><entry>
185 Ctrl + R
186 </entry><entry>
187 Rename
188 </entry><entry>
189 Rename selected images.
190 </entry></row>
191 <row><entry>
192 Ctrl + D
193 </entry><entry>
194 Delete
195 </entry><entry>
196 Delete selected images.
197 </entry></row>
198 <row><entry>
199 Delete
200 </entry><entry>
201 Remove
202 </entry><entry>
203 Remove selected images from result list.
204 </entry></row>
205 <row><entry>
206 Ctrl + Delete
207 </entry><entry>
208 Clear
209 </entry><entry>
210 Cleared the result list.
211 </entry></row>
212 <row><entry>
213 Menu
214 </entry><entry/><entry>
215 Displays the context menu.
216 </entry></row>
217 <row><entry>
218 Ctrl + T
219 </entry><entry/><entry>
220 Toggle display of thumbnails.
221 </entry></row>
222 <row><entry>
223 Ctrl + W
224 </entry><entry/><entry>
225 Close window.
226 </entry></row>
227 </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
228 <para>
229 The <emphasis role="strong">selection</emphasis> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <link linkend="GuideMainWindowFilePane">file pane</link> of the main window.
230 </para>
231 <para>
232 The image Dimensions column of the result list will only contain dimension information when dimensions are included in the search parameters.
233 </para>
234 <para/></section><section id="Statusbar"><title>
235 Status bar
236 </title>
237 <para>
238 At the bottom of the search window is an area that includes the following items from left to right:
239 </para>
240 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
241 Thumbnails
242 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
243 <para>
244 Enable this check box to display a thumbnail next to each image in the results list.
245 </para>
246 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
247 File count display
248 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
249 <para>
250 Displays the total count of files in the results list, and their size on disk. The count of selected files will appear in parenthesis.
251 </para>
252 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
253 Search progress
254 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
255 <para>
256 When a search is active, the text “Searching...” will appear here. Two numbers in parenthesis will also be displayed, the first number is the number of files that match the search parameters and the second number is the total number of files that were searched.
257 </para>
258 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
259 Find
260 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
261 <para>
262 Activate the find button to start a search with the selected parameters.
263 </para>
264 <variablelist><varlistentry><term>
265 Stop
266 </term><listitem><para/></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
267 <para>
268 Activate the stop button to end a search that is in progress.
269 </para>
270 <para/></section><section id="DragandDrop"><title>
271 Drag and Drop
272 </title>
273 <para>
274 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.
275 </para>
276 <para/></section></section>