In addition to the built-in Spotlight in the mac system, there is also a very useful tool called Alfred

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In the windows system, there is also a very useful tool called PowerToys, which is an open source project of Microsoft

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https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

You can download the installation package from the github address above.

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It has many quick functions. Please study it yourself. Today is about PowerToys Run

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The default shortcut is Alt+Space

But one problem with PowerToys Run is that the built-in file search function is based on the system index. The search speed is slow, and I often can't find the file I want to find. I saw many people mention in Issue that they hope to support Everything search. The official said that a community has provided plug-ins https://github.com/IzaiahSun/PowerToys

Download it from the big guy's releases

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Then locate modules\launcher\Plugins in the zip, copy the entire Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Everything folder to the installed PowerToys directory \ modules\launcher\Plugins in the system, and finally restart PowerToys!

Here's the point:

After PowerToys Run is provided in the form of plug-ins, it is very simple to extend our functions. We just need to write code and add our own logic.

Because I often use idea, I wrote a few lines of code to expand it. If it is a folder of java projects, I can open it directly with idea. The effect is as follows:

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//Judge whether it is a java project folder
public static bool CanRunIdea(string path)
{
    if (File.Exists(path))
    {
        return path.EndsWith("pom.xml");
    }

    var buildGradleFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(path, "build.gradle");
    if (File.Exists(buildGradleFile))
    {
        return true;
    }

    var pomFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(path, "pom.xml");
    if (File.Exists(pomFile))
    {
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

//Create the button to run the idea and trigger the button click event
private static ContextMenuResult CreateRunIdeaContextMenu(SearchResult record)
{
    return new ContextMenuResult
    {
        PluginName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name,
        Title = Properties.Resources.Community_plugin_everything_run_as_idea,
        Glyph = "\xEC58",
        FontFamily = "Segoe MDL2 Assets",
        AcceleratorKey = Key.F1,
        AcceleratorModifiers = ModifierKeys.Windows,
        Action = _ =>
        {
            try
            {
                Task.Run(() => {
                    var idea = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("idea");
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(idea))
                    {
                        RunCommand($"idea \"{record.FullPath}\"", record.FullPath);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        RunCommand($"\"{idea}\" \"{record.FullPath}\"", record.FullPath);
                    }
                });
                return true;
            }
            catch (System.Exception e)
            {
                Log.Exception($"Failed to run {record.FullPath} as idea, {e.Message}", e, MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
                return false;
            }
        },
    };
}

The code is very simple. If you recognize that it is a java project folder, display an icon button and click open with idea.

You can configure the startup path of idea in the environment variable,

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If you use Toolsbox, idea will update the version frequently. It is too troublesome to change the environment variables every time you upgrade. This function of Toolsbox can be set

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Then set the folder of the Shell script in the figure above to the PATH of the environment variable once and for all!

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To get my modified EveryThing plug-in, I can send text to the official account: PowerToys

After downloading, unzip it to your local PowerToys directory

For example, my local computer is:

C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\launcher\Plugins

 

Enjoy!!!

Pay attention to the official account, and I will share with you the open source tool I developed.