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halifax80
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Posts: 10
QuickSearch with accented characters
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February 08, 2023, 15:51:30 »
Multi Commander handles QuickSearch of accented characters differently than non-accented characters. I did some test and outlined my results below. I hope this behavior can be changed to make it the same as with non-accented characters.
The test setup
Windows treats filenames case-insensitive. 'A' is the same as 'a'. Also, 'Á' is the same as 'á'. This means that if I have a folder 'Ábc', Windows does not allow me to create a new folder 'ábc'.
I'm using version x64 12.8 (build 2929) Portable.
In Explorer Panel settings, 'Quick Search' is checked, 'Search field' is checked, 'Search for text parts anywhere' is unchecked, 'Search Keys' is set to 'Letter only'.
I have prepared a test folder with the following 2 folders and 2 files:
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<Folder> Abc
<Folder> Ábc
abc.txt
ábc.txt
My test results
I press the A key. Result: The Search field appears with a lower-case 'a' in it. Folder
Abc
is selected and I can jump between folder
Abc
and file
abc.txt
with the up-down cursor keys.
I press the SHIFT+A keys. Result: Same as above.
This is a bit strange but somewhat understandable. The Search field contains a lower-case 'a', although I entered a capital 'A'. But I guess, this happens because Windows filenames are case-insensitive.
I press the Á key or the SHIFT+Á keys. Result: Nothing happens. The Search field does not appear and file selection is not changed.
I would expect the selection to jump to folder
Ábc
and I should be able to jump between folder
Ábc
and file
ábc.txt
with the up-down cursor keys. Also, the Search field should appear and contain a lower-case á.
I press the A key. The Search field appears with a lower-case 'a'. I press BACKSPACE and then SHIFT+Á. The Search field now contains a capital 'Á'. Result: The selection jumps to folder
Ábc
. The cursor keys do nothing.
This is almost okay, but I would expect to be able to jump between folder
Ábc
and file
ábc.txt
with the up-down cursor keys.
I press the A key. The Search field appears with a lower-case 'a'. I press BACKSPACE and then Á. The Search field now contains a lower-case 'á'. Result: The selection jumps to file
ábc.txt
. The cursor keys do nothing.
This has two problems. 1. The selection should jump to folder Ábc. 2. I would expect to be able to jump between folder
Ábc
and file
ábc.txt
with the up-down cursor keys.
Overall, I see two problems:
Quick Search is not activated by accented keys. Therefore, I cannot search for files or folders whose name starts with an accented character.
Once Quick Search is activated (by a non-accented key), search for accented characters is case sensitive. This should not be true because Windows treats filenames case-insensitive.
Using English keyboard
To enter accented characters on an English keyboard, make sure NumLock is ON and
to enter á, hold ALT then type 160 on the numeric keypad, then release ALT
to enter Á, hold ALT then type 0193 (leading zero included) on the numeric keypad, then release ALT
I checked and my test results can be reproduced with an English keyboard. But I'm happy to help if more testing is needed.
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Last Edit: February 08, 2023, 15:53:04 by halifax80
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gandalfthewhite
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Posts: 1
Re: QuickSearch with accented characters
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Reply #1 on:
July 11, 2023, 08:32:48 »
Any updates regarding this?
I tested with latin and cyrillic alphabet:
Folders Abc, abCD, abcDe are searchable with abc request.
BUT not with cyrillic - exact fill is required - Ab will shows only one folder, ab - two etc. And that is very bad.
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cema
Newbie
Posts: 2
Re: QuickSearch with accented characters
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Reply #2 on:
November 01, 2023, 07:00:43 »
Hello, I also see problem with Quick search. I have folders named by clients name e.g. Šírer, Čermák, Žáková. Quick search doesn't reflect special characters at all. Please consider this issue. Thank you very much for your work.
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