Everything search in Folder, without searching subfolders

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Hello!

I'm new to both Directory Opus and Everything search, I know trying to get to know both at the same time probably isn't the best idea but oh well.

Im trying to search a folders contents with everything, for that I'm using the search bar at the top right corner of dopus and I did change that search bar to use the Everything search. When I'm in a folder it also says "Everything search in FOLDERNAME"

Now I just want to search that folder without its subfolders and without needing to type in another folder path / directory. I bet theres a super simple way to do it, but I couldnt find it yet.

I tried using "%1" to refer to the current path as I saw that somewhere in relation to Everything.
I tried using "depth:" or "parents:" setting them to 0 or 1
Here is the unwanted search result:

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The "still tbd" sub-folder is searched

It did work when I used the parent: or infolder: parameters, but for that I needed to put in the path I was already in.
Here's the wanted result:

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as you can see the stuff that is in the "still tbd" folder is not listed

Terribly sorry if this is a topic that doesnt belong here, I just couldnt find many tutorials on using Everything in connection with Directory Opus.

Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!

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Is the aim to search for filenames (excluding all names containing "HEVC"), or file content (excluding all files whose data included "HEVC")?

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Hello!

Its about filenames which shall not include the words "HEVC" but also only in the current directory, so excluding all the files in the "still tbd" sub-folder (or other subfolders if there were any).

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In that case, you can use the Filter Bar, which filters what's visible. With focus on the file display, type a * to open it, then enter ~HEVC as the pattern to match all names that don't contain "HEVC".

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That works very well, thank you!

Is there also a way to not show all the files of the .sfk filetype, with this method?
Im asking because I tried around a bit and I couldn't find an "and-operator"

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~(*HEVC*|*.sfk), and ensure Match Any Word and Partial Matching are both off in the settings pop-up (cog icon).

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Thanks for the help Leo!