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<H1>5.1 Search Window</H1>
<P>GQview 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><BR><BR>
</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><U>Search location</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">One of several locations can be chosen
as the source to use in the search.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Path:</B> The search will include
files located in the selected folder, enable the Recurse check box to
include the contents of all sub folders.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Comments:</B> The search will
include all files that have a keyword or comment associated to it.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in">Note: Only keyword and comment
associations stored in the user's home folder are included in this
search type.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Results:</B> The search will
include all files currently listed in the results list, use this to
refine a previous search.</P>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><U>Search parameters</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File name:</B> 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File size:</B> 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File date:</B> 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">For convenience, the button with the
down arrow displays a pop up calendar to enter the date.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Image dimensions:</B> 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The image dimensions test is simple,
both width and height must be within the allowed values for a match.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Image content:</B> 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 <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">Finding
Duplicates</A>. The entry is for entering the path for the image to
use in this test.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keywords:</B> 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>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><U>Results list</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">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 STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">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 STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keyboard shortcuts</B> available in
the results list:</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Context menu name</B></P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Enter</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>View</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens selected image in main window.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>View in new window</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens selected image in a new window.</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + A</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Select all</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Selects all images.</P>
			</TD>
		</TR>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + Shift + A</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Select none</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Clear the image selection.</P>
			</TD>
		</TR>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + 1 through<BR>Control + 0</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Edit sub menu</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Executes the respective editor command.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + P</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Properties</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens a properties window for selected images.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>C</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Add to new collection</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Creates a new collection containing the selected
				images.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Print</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens a print dialog for selected images.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + C</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Copy</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Copy selected images.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + M</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Move</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Move selected images.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + R</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Rename</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Rename selected images.</P>
			</TD>
		</TR>
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			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + D</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete selected images.</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Remove</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Remove selected images from result list.</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + Delete</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Clear</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Cleared the result list.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Menu</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
				</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Displays the context menu.</P>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + T</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
				</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Toggle display of thumbnails.</P>
			</TD>
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				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + W</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=25%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
				</P>
			</TD>
			<TD WIDTH=50%>
				<P ALIGN=CENTER>Close window.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The <B>selection</B> can be changed
using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <A HREF="2_4_file_pane.html">file
pane</A> of the main window.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The image Dimensions column of the
result list will only contain dimension information when dimensions
are included in the search parameters.</P>
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<P><U>Status bar</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">At the bottom of the search window is
an area that includes the following items from left to right:</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Thumbnails:</B> Enable this check
box to display a thumbnail next to each image in the results list.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File count display:</B> Displays
the total count of files in the results list, and their size on disk.
The count of selected files will appear in parenthesis.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Search progress:</B> When a search
is active, the text &ldquo;Searching...&rdquo; 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find:</B> Activate the find button
to start a search with the selected parameters.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Stop:</B> Activate the stop button
to end a search that is in progress.</P>
<P><BR><BR>
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<P><U>Drag and Drop</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">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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