hotlist: fast filter

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Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/1636
Reporter	iNode (@iNode)
Mentions	vitalie.lazu@….com (@vitaliel)

To navigate over a big list of hotlist items we should add fast filter.

Filter should work for label and for directory path.
It should be non strict, i.e.:
"ftp" should item that contents "ftp" substring in label or path.

Filter should work only for current group.

p.s. this ticket is similar to #405 (panel related).

p.p.s. Filter will be called by C-s/M-s (or key which will be used in #405, for consistency).

[mc-butler]

Changed by v_silent (jabberroid@….com) on Jul 9, 2010 at 13:13 UTC (comment 1)

Hello, I totally agree with iNode's request, it would be very nice to have a filter with fuzzy searching algorythm or any other.

[mc-butler]

Changed by vitaliel (@vitaliel) on Feb 12, 2011 at 22:52 UTC (comment 2)

• Cc set to vitalie.lazu@….com

Thanks to developers for the mc. It is my favorite for a long time.

Related this issue: Maybe something simpler can be implemented like in TotalCommander, you can assign letter to choose a directory from hotlist:

• &Downloads - letter d is hotkey
• Pi&ctures - letter c is hotkey.
• &Projects - p is hot key.

Now as I know mc only support hotkeys from 1-9, but it is not easy to remember item position. With & users can choose any letter they want and it is enough, I do not have more that 20 entries in directory hotlist.

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Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Nov 3, 2011 at 9:27 UTC (comment 3)

• Milestone changed from 4.7 to Future Releases
• Branch state set to no branch

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Changed by iwfmp (Ux*JKGb!uGf)'m'RajI) on Nov 2, 2012 at 21:03 UTC (comment 4)

Posted 3 years ago...Is there anything going on with ticket?

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Changed by Marco (homerow@….com) on Jun 6, 2013 at 12:22 UTC

This would be a really nice feature to have. Sadly there hasn't been much activity around this issue.

+1 from me

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Changed by plgrm44 (plgrm44@….com) on Sep 17, 2013 at 10:01 UTC (comment 6)

+ it is very inconvenient

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Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Jun 25, 2015 at 18:53 UTC (comment 7)

Related to #2672.

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Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Jul 3, 2020 at 5:23 UTC (comment 8)

Ticket #4017 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

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Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Dec 23, 2020 at 5:42 UTC (comment 9)

Related to #4161.

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Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Feb 21, 2025 at 7:28 UTC (comment 10)

Ticket #1997 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.