Is it possible to keep Quick Filter while refreshing a dir?

[JimBob976]

Hi, I was just wondering if it's possible to refresh a dir and keep the Quick Filter I have active? Lets say I am moving files to a dir and I use ctrl+s and type part of the name of the new files so I only see them... and then want to refresh the dir by pressing F2 I will lose the filter (just like when I press ESC) and all the files will reappear. The only way I know now to achieve this is to switch focus to another program and then back to Total Commander and that way the dir will refresh and still keep the filter. Anyone know any other way to do this? I'd rather it kept the filter while pressing F2 and then if I want to remove it I can just press ESC.

Thanks.

[white]

Hi, I was just wondering if it's possible to refresh a dir and keep the Quick Filter I have active?

No, this is not possible. But you can use Ctrl+Shift+S to reactivate last-used filter.
Or you can use custom show filter Ctrl+F12 instead of quick search.

[JimBob976]

Ah ok thanks. I guess I'll keep alt+tab'ing away from TC and then back again to refresh the dir and keep the filter because that seems like the fastest way because F2 and then Ctrl+Shift+S is a bit slower and Ctrl+F12 does not hide folders that do not match the filter unless I add that to the selection type (though how i would filter only the dirs that do not match the selection I'm not even sure is possible) and even then it is still faster, though not very efficient, to alt+tab to another program and then back again.
But again thanks for the tips to two very useful methods of working with filters.

[white]

...and Ctrl+F12 does not hide folders that do not match the filter unless I add that to the selection type (though how i would filter only the dirs that do not match the selection I'm not even sure is possible)

It's possible since version 7.0:

07.02.06 Added: Include/Exclude certain directories in the current file list using the "Show" - "Custom" filter, e.g. *.* | *\ hides all dirs (for a file window used with tree view). Not working with "Define" button.

You have to specify a filter for files and a filter for folders, examples:

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*somestring*\ *somestring*
"*some string*" "*some string*"

As noted, predefining such filter won't work.