#55 Show full node path in search results

[l0basetom]

The only reason that I'm still using TreePad Lite and haven't made the switch to The Guide yet is because it's missing this feature (The Guide is better than TreePad in almost everything else). Please please please offer the option to show the full node path of all nodes containing the search string instead of showing just the node title. I'll explain why this is a killer feature:

I use TreePad to catalog my huge collection of DOS games. I have a tree outline that looks something like this:

• Games
  • Collection
    • Box 1
      Game A
      Game B
      Game C
    • Box 2
      Game D
      Game E
      Game F
  • Wanted
    Game G
    Game H
    Game I

I have a ton of these boxes, each containing about a dozen games. To quickly find out which box a game is stored in, I just search for the game title. For example, searching for Game B in TreePad would return a result set that includes a Path column with this information:

Games/Collection/Box 1

Right away I know that this game is stored in Box 1. Sometimes I don't even remember if I already own a game or not, so again I would just look it up in TreePad. For example, searching for Game H would return this path:

Games/Wanted

So by just looking at the search results I already know that I don't own this game, but it's on my "want" list.

I'm sure by now you get the point. This feature would make The Guide just about perfect (now if only I can find a quick way to import my vast collection of TreePad notes into The Guide ;)).

[l0basetom]

CORRECTION:

I looked at my TreePad outline again -- the sample outline above is missing one more tier. It should look like this:

• Games
  • Collection
    • Box 1
      • Retail Box
        Game A
        Game B
      • Jewel Case
        Game C
    • Box 2
      • Retail Box
        Game D
      • Jewel Case
        Game E
        Game F
  • Wanted
    • Adventure
      Game G
      Game H
    • RPG
      Game I
      etc...

By only showing the node title, you are missing the most crucial information (box #), which happens to be one level above the matching node title. Again, this is just an example; there are much more complex hierarchies where displaying the full node path to the user would be most beneficial.