Searching path names in a file

Question

When using a file as the source criteria to match path names in a file (without any other criteria in the File name or Contents fields) using the Look in: =T:\subdir\temp.txt format, I was surprised to see that for path names that were folders, the folder contents were also matched, ie a lot more results than listed in the file.

Is there, or should there be a config flag to limit matches to those defined in the file by default?

Answer 1

The Look In field has always searched any folders specified so it would be quite a departure to change the functionality to only list the folder but none of its files.

What how would you specify the configuration flag and what wording would you use?

Comments

Maybe amend the functionality of the Subfolders checkbox (to the right of the Look in field) to be respected in the specific case where the =T:\subdir\temp.txt format is used.

Currently, in this instance, it returns the same number of matches regardless of whether it is checked or not.  Which could be seen as a bug.  Or a feature, depending on your bias ;)