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  22                                         <P ALIGN=CENTER>Search Window - Image Search</P>
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  32 <H1>5.1 Search Window</H1>
  33 <P>GQview provides a utility to find one or more images based on
  34 various parameters.</P>
  35 <P>To display a new Search Window press F3 or select Search from the
  36 File menu.</P>
  37 <P><BR><BR>
  38 </P>
  39 <P>To start a search activate the Find button. A search in progress
  40 can be stopped by activating the Stop button.</P>
  41 <P>The progress of an active search is displayed as a progress bar at
  42 the bottom of the window. The progress bar will also display the
  43 total files that match the search parameters, and the total number of
  44 files searched.</P>
  45 <P>When a search is completed, the total number of files found and
  46 their total size will be displayed in the status bar.</P>
  47 <P><BR><BR>
  48 </P>
  49 <P><U>Search location</U></P>
  50 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">One of several locations can be chosen
  51 as the source to use in the search.</P>
  52 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Path:</B> The search will include
  53 files located in the selected folder, enable the Recurse check box to
  54 include the contents of all sub folders.</P>
  55 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Comments:</B> The search will
  56 include all files that have a keyword or comment associated to it.</P>
  57 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in">Note: Only keyword and comment
  58 associations stored in the user's home folder are included in this
  59 search type.</P>
  60 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Results:</B> The search will
  61 include all files currently listed in the results list, use this to
  62 refine a previous search.</P>
  63 <P><BR><BR>
  64 </P>
  65 <P><U>Search parameters</U></P>
  66 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Each search parameter can be enabled
  67 or disabled with the check box to it's left. For a file to be a
  68 match, all enabled parameters must be true.</P>
  69 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File name:</B> The search will
  70 match if the entered text appears within the file name, or if the
  71 text exactly matches the file name, depending on the method selected
  72 from the drop down menu. The text comparison can be made to be case
  73 sensitive by enabling the Match case checkbox.</P>
  74 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File size:</B> The search will
  75 match if the file size on disk is equal to, less than, greater than,
  76 or between the entered value, depending on the method selected from
  77 the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive, for example a file
  78 of size 10 will match if the size parameters are between 10 and 15.</P>
  79 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File date:</B> The search will
  80 match if the file modification time on disk is equal to, before,
  81 after, or between the entered date, depending on the method selected
  82 from the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive, for example a
  83 file with date of 10/04/2003 will match if the date parameters are
  84 between 10/04/2003 and 12/31/2003.</P>
  85 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">For convenience, the button with the
  86 down arrow displays a pop up calendar to enter the date.</P>
  87 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Image dimensions:</B> The search
  88 will match if the image dimensions are equal to, less than, greater
  89 than, or between the entered values, depending on the method selected
  90 from the drop down menu. The between test is inclusive.</P>
  91 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The image dimensions test is simple,
  92 both width and height must be within the allowed values for a match.</P>
  93 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Image content:</B> The search will
  94 match if the image contents are similar within the percentage value,
  95 inclusive. This uses the same test and data that is used to determine
  96 image similarity when <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">Finding
  97 Duplicates</A>. The entry is for entering the path for the image to
  98 use in this test.</P>
  99 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keywords:</B> The search will match
 100 if the file's associated keywords match all, match any, or exclude
 101 the entered keywords, depending on the method selected from the drop
 102 down menu. Keywords can be separated with a space, comma, or tab
 103 character.</P>
 104 <P><BR><BR>
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 106 <P><U>Results list</U></P>
 107 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Files that match the parameters of the
 108 search are shown in the list. By default they are displayed in the
 109 order that they are found, to sort the results list by a column
 110 activate or click the column title. Activating a column that is
 111 already used to sort the list will toggle between increasing and
 112 decreasing sort order.</P>
 113 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A <B>context menu</B> is available for
 114 the result list by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key
 115 when a row has the focus.</P>
 116 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keyboard shortcuts</B> available in
 117 the results list:</P>
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 125                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Shortcut</B></P>
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 128                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Context menu name</B></P>
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 131                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Description</B></P>
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 136                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Enter</P>
 137                         </TD>
 138                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 139                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>View</P>
 140                         </TD>
 141                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 142                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens selected image in main window.</P>
 143                         </TD>
 144                 </TR>
 145                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 146                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 147                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>V</P>
 148                         </TD>
 149                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 150                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>View in new window</P>
 151                         </TD>
 152                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 153                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens selected image in a new window.</P>
 154                         </TD>
 155                 </TR>
 156                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 157                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 158                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + A</P>
 159                         </TD>
 160                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 161                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Select all</P>
 162                         </TD>
 163                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 164                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Selects all images.</P>
 165                         </TD>
 166                 </TR>
 167                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 168                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 169                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + Shift + A</P>
 170                         </TD>
 171                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 172                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Select none</P>
 173                         </TD>
 174                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 175                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Clear the image selection.</P>
 176                         </TD>
 177                 </TR>
 178                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 179                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 180                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + 1 through<BR>Control + 0</P>
 181                         </TD>
 182                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 183                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Edit sub menu</P>
 184                         </TD>
 185                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 186                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Executes the respective editor command.</P>
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 191                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + P</P>
 192                         </TD>
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 194                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Properties</P>
 195                         </TD>
 196                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 197                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens a properties window for selected images.</P>
 198                         </TD>
 199                 </TR>
 200                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 201                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 202                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>C</P>
 203                         </TD>
 204                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 205                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Add to new collection</P>
 206                         </TD>
 207                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 208                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Creates a new collection containing the selected
 209                                 images.</P>
 210                         </TD>
 211                 </TR>
 212                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 213                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 214                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
 215                                 </P>
 216                         </TD>
 217                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 218                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Print</P>
 219                         </TD>
 220                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 221                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Opens a print dialog for selected images.</P>
 222                         </TD>
 223                 </TR>
 224                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 225                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 226                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + C</P>
 227                         </TD>
 228                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 229                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Copy</P>
 230                         </TD>
 231                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 232                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Copy selected images.</P>
 233                         </TD>
 234                 </TR>
 235                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 236                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 237                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + M</P>
 238                         </TD>
 239                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 240                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Move</P>
 241                         </TD>
 242                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 243                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Move selected images.</P>
 244                         </TD>
 245                 </TR>
 246                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 247                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 248                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + R</P>
 249                         </TD>
 250                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 251                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Rename</P>
 252                         </TD>
 253                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 254                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Rename selected images.</P>
 255                         </TD>
 256                 </TR>
 257                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 258                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 259                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + D</P>
 260                         </TD>
 261                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 262                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete</P>
 263                         </TD>
 264                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 265                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete selected images.</P>
 266                         </TD>
 267                 </TR>
 268                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 269                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 270                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete</P>
 271                         </TD>
 272                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 273                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Remove</P>
 274                         </TD>
 275                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 276                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Remove selected images from result list.</P>
 277                         </TD>
 278                 </TR>
 279                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 280                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 281                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + Delete</P>
 282                         </TD>
 283                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 284                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Clear</P>
 285                         </TD>
 286                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 287                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Cleared the result list.</P>
 288                         </TD>
 289                 </TR>
 290                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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 292                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Menu</P>
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 295                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
 296                                 </P>
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 299                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Displays the context menu.</P>
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 304                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + T</P>
 305                         </TD>
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 307                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
 308                                 </P>
 309                         </TD>
 310                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 311                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Toggle display of thumbnails.</P>
 312                         </TD>
 313                 </TR>
 314                 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 315                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 316                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Control + W</P>
 317                         </TD>
 318                         <TD WIDTH=25%>
 319                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
 320                                 </P>
 321                         </TD>
 322                         <TD WIDTH=50%>
 323                                 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Close window.</P>
 324                         </TD>
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 328 <P><BR><BR>
 329 </P>
 330 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The <B>selection</B> can be changed
 331 using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <A HREF="2_4_file_pane.html">file
 332 pane</A> of the main window.</P>
 333 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The image Dimensions column of the
 334 result list will only contain dimension information when dimensions
 335 are included in the search parameters.</P>
 336 <P><BR><BR>
 337 </P>
 338 <P><U>Status bar</U></P>
 339 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">At the bottom of the search window is
 340 an area that includes the following items from left to right:</P>
 341 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Thumbnails:</B> Enable this check
 342 box to display a thumbnail next to each image in the results list.</P>
 343 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>File count display:</B> Displays
 344 the total count of files in the results list, and their size on disk.
 345 The count of selected files will appear in parenthesis.</P>
 346 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Search progress:</B> When a search
 347 is active, the text &ldquo;Searching...&rdquo; will appear here. Two
 348 numbers in parenthesis will also be displayed, the first number is
 349 the number of files that match the search parameters and the second
 350 number is the total number of files that were searched.</P>
 351 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find:</B> Activate the find button
 352 to start a search with the selected parameters.</P>
 353 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Stop:</B> Activate the stop button
 354 to end a search that is in progress.</P>
 355 <P><BR><BR>
 356 </P>
 357 <P><U>Drag and Drop</U></P>
 358 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Drag and drop can be initiated with
 359 the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging a file that is selected
 360 will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is
 361 not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and
 362 clear the previous selection.</P>
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