XnView Software

I looked through a bit of your post/comment history, and you are condescending to many people. I understand that you'll never realize that, but a little self-assessment may be warranted. On that note, I bid you adieu. Please, keep your word.

In the future, where you're doing things that have multiple approaches, it's best to either be very specific or provide a screenshot to document specifics.

Also, FYI, searching against filename as a condition is more flexible, as you can use booleans and multiple conditions, and you can also save ...

I have many thousands of files which have keywords inside []. I also use {} and () for other purposes, so I can't just change.
I used to be able to search using [keyword], but it doesn't work any more and I can't find anything in the settings to allow or exclude certain chars. I'm also not using ...

xnview wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 7:59 am This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Very sorry for all of my very late replies. I've been traveling. Yes, this is fixed. Thank you!

xnview wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 7:57 am This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Very sorry for the very late response. Yes, this fix is great. Thanks!

xnview wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 7:59 am This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Sorry for the very late response. Yes, this fix is perfect. Thank you.

Evidently, this only happens on the OP's operating system.

On Windows with 1.9.3, where the filesystem is case insensitive but case preserving, the Pathname search is always case insensitive, even if the "case sensitive" box is checked.


The 'Case sensitive' checkbox seems to only affect the ...

xnview wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 12:21 pm you would like to have case sensitive for folder and not for filename?

Hi, no I'd like both to be able to be case insensitive.

Thank you Pierre.

In the search dialog box, leaving the 'Case sensitive' box unchecked makes the filename search parameter case insensitive.

In the conditions section below, Pathname (and maybe other fields), is case sensitive, and there's no way to disable that. If I want to avoid searching in certain folders, I ...

I posted this before, but it looks like it got removed.

Prior to 1.9.3, the Folder field got saved with search presets (just like every other field on the dialog box). This was my preferred behavior, but apparently some people prefer the opposite and put in a request to remove that. (If you didn't ...

I absolutely agree. This is an excellent application, with more functionality than I could ever use and Pierre's attention to detail and responsiveness is unheard of these days. Thank you for everything you're doing.

https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49438


Thanks. That's really unfortunate that this was removed. It's going to make some of my searching take a lot more effort. . I decided to revert to 1.9.2 because of this.

"D. Allow search presets to be saved with the option "Use Current ...

I tried re-saving a Preset, but it still didn't remember the paths I saved with them.

Also, the Conditions in the search dialog are all case-sensitive, so if I'm trying to avoid searching in folders 'Keep', I also have to list it as 'keep' in case capitalization wasn't consistent.

Thanks

Apparently it doesn't happen on a top-level folder. It needs to be at least one level deep. Yes, this is all in the Folder panel.

Steps to reproduce
Create the test folders (as in the first screenshot). (These don't have to be created through the tool)
Close and reopen XnView
Expand the parent ...