Use Highlight matches from Everything

Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAPI.cs

@@ -141,23 +141,24 @@
                     yield break;
                 }
 
                 for (var idx = 0; idx < EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetNumResults(); ++idx)
                 {
                     if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                     {
                         yield break;
                     }
 
                     EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetResultFullPathNameW(idx, buffer, BufferSize);
 
                     var result = new SearchResult
                     {
                         // todo the types are wrong. Everything expects uint everywhere, but we send int just above/below. how to fix? Is EverythingApiDllImport autogenerated or handmade?
                         FullPath = buffer.ToString(),
                         Type = EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_IsFolderResult(idx) ? ResultType.Folder :
                             EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_IsFileResult(idx) ? ResultType.File :
                             ResultType.Volume,
-                        Score = (int)EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetResultRunCount( (uint)idx) 
+                        Score = Convert.ToInt32(EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetResultRunCount((uint)idx)),
+                        HighlightData = EverythingHighlightStringToHighlightList(EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetResultHighlightedFileName((uint)idx))
                     };
 
                     yield return result;
@@ -208,5 +209,55 @@
             }
             finally { _semaphore.Release(); }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert the highlighted string from Everything API to a list of highlight indexes for our Result.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="highlightString">Text inside a * quote is highlighted, two consecutive *'s is a single literal *. For example, in the highlighted text: abc*123* the 123 part is highlighted.</param>
+        /// <returns>A list of zero-based character indices that should be highlighted.</returns>
+        public static List<int> EverythingHighlightStringToHighlightList(string highlightString)
+        {
+            var highlightData = new List<int>();
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(highlightString))
+                return highlightData;
+
+            var isHighlighted = false;
+            var actualIndex = 0; // Index in the actual string (without * markers)
+            var length = highlightString.Length;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+            {
+                if (highlightString[i] == '*')
+                {
+                    // Check if it's a literal * (two consecutive *)
+                    if (i + 1 < length && highlightString[i + 1] == '*')
+                    {
+                        // Two consecutive *'s represent a single literal *
+                        if (isHighlighted)
+                        {
+                            highlightData.Add(actualIndex);
+                        }
+                        actualIndex++;
+                        i++; // Skip the next *
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        isHighlighted = !isHighlighted;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Regular character
+                    if (isHighlighted)
+                    {
+                        highlightData.Add(actualIndex);
+                    }
+                    actualIndex++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return highlightData;
+        }
     }
 }

Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingApiDllImport.cs

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public static void Load(string directory)
         [DllImport(DLL)]
         public static extern bool Everything_GetResultDateRecentlyChanged(uint nIndex, out long lpFileTime);
         [DllImport(DLL, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-        public static extern IntPtr Everything_GetResultHighlightedFileName(uint nIndex);
+        public static extern string Everything_GetResultHighlightedFileName(uint nIndex);
         [DllImport(DLL, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
         public static extern IntPtr Everything_GetResultHighlightedPath(uint nIndex);
         [DllImport(DLL, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]

Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@
             return result.Type switch
             {
                 ResultType.Folder or ResultType.Volume =>
-                    CreateFolderResult(Path.GetFileName(result.FullPath), result.FullPath, result.FullPath, query, result.Score, result.WindowsIndexed),
+                    CreateFolderResult(Path.GetFileName(result.FullPath), result.FullPath, result.FullPath, query, result.Score, result.WindowsIndexed, result.HighlightData),
                 ResultType.File =>
-                    CreateFileResult(result.FullPath, query, result.Score, result.WindowsIndexed),
+                    CreateFileResult(result.FullPath, query, result.Score, result.WindowsIndexed, result.HighlightData),
                 _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(null)
             };
         }
@@ -92,15 +93,15 @@
             }
         }
 
-        internal static Result CreateFolderResult(string title, string subtitle, string path, Query query, int score = 0, bool windowsIndexed = false)
+        internal static Result CreateFolderResult(string title, string subtitle, string path, Query query, int score = 0, bool windowsIndexed = false, List<int> highlightData = null)
         {
             return new Result
             {
                 Title = title,
                 IcoPath = path,
                 SubTitle = subtitle,
                 AutoCompleteText = GetAutoCompleteText(title, query, path, ResultType.Folder),
-                TitleHighlightData = Context.API.FuzzySearch(query.Search, title).MatchData,
+                TitleHighlightData = highlightData ?? Context.API.FuzzySearch(query.Search, title).MatchData,
                 CopyText = path,
                 Preview = new Result.PreviewInfo
                 {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
                         }
                         catch (Exception ex)
                         {
                             Context.API.ShowMsgBox(ex.Message, Localize.plugin_explorer_opendir_error());
                             return false;
                         }
                     }
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
                         }
                         catch (Exception ex)
                         {
                             Context.API.ShowMsgBox(ex.Message, Localize.plugin_explorer_opendir_error());
                             return false;
                         }
                     }
@@ -188,10 +189,10 @@
             var title = string.Empty; // hide title when use progress bar,
             var driveLetter = path[..1].ToUpper();
             DriveInfo drv = new DriveInfo(driveLetter);
             var freespace = ToReadableSize(drv.AvailableFreeSpace, 2);
             var totalspace = ToReadableSize(drv.TotalSize, 2);
             var subtitle = Localize.plugin_explorer_diskfreespace(freespace, totalspace);
             double usingSize = (Convert.ToDouble(drv.TotalSize) - Convert.ToDouble(drv.AvailableFreeSpace)) / Convert.ToDouble(drv.TotalSize) * 100;
 
             int? progressValue = Convert.ToInt32(usingSize);
 
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
             };
         }
 
-        internal static Result CreateFileResult(string filePath, Query query, int score = 0, bool windowsIndexed = false)
+        internal static Result CreateFileResult(string filePath, Query query, int score = 0, bool windowsIndexed = false, List<int> highlightData = null)
         {
             var isMedia = IsMedia(Path.GetExtension(filePath));
             var title = Path.GetFileName(filePath) ?? string.Empty;
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@
                     FilePath = filePath,
                 },
                 AutoCompleteText = GetAutoCompleteText(title, query, filePath, ResultType.File),
-                TitleHighlightData = Context.API.FuzzySearch(query.Search, title).MatchData,
+                TitleHighlightData = highlightData ?? Context.API.FuzzySearch(query.Search, title).MatchData,
                 Score = score,
                 CopyText = filePath,
                 PreviewPanel = new Lazy<UserControl>(() => new PreviewPanel(Settings, filePath, ResultType.File)),

Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchResult.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
 {
-    public record struct SearchResult
+    public readonly record struct SearchResult
     {
+        // Constructor is necesssary for record struct
+        public SearchResult()
+        {
+        }
+
         public string FullPath { get; init; }
         public ResultType Type { get; init; }
         public int Score { get; init; }
 
         public bool WindowsIndexed { get; init; }
+        public List<int> HighlightData { get; init; } = [];
     }
 }