3.2. The result list

After starting a search, a list of results will instantly be displayed in the main list window.

By default, the document list is presented in order of relevance (how well the system estimates that the document matches the query). You can specify a different ordering by using the Tools / Sort parameters dialog.

Clicking on the Preview link for an entry will open an internal preview window for the document. Clicking the Edit link will attempt to start an external viewer (have a look at the mimeconf configuration file to see how these are configured).

The Preview and Edit edit links may not be present for all entries, meaning that Recoll has no configured way to preview a given file type (which was indexed by name only), or no configured external viewer for the file type. This can sometimes be adjusted simply by tweaking the mimemap and mimeconf configuration files.

You can click on the Query details link at the top of the results page to see the query actually performed, after stem expansion and other processing.

Double-clicking on any word inside the result list or a preview window will insert it into the simple search text.

The result list is divided into pages (the size of which you can change in the preferences). Use the arrow buttons in the toolbar or the links at the bottom of the page to browse the results.

3.2.1. The result list right-click menu

Apart from the preview and edit links, you can display a pop-up menu by right-clicking over a paragraph in the result list. This menu has the following entries:

The Preview and Edit entries do the same thing as the corresponding links. The two following entries will copy either an URL or the file path to the clipboard, for pasting into another application.

The Find similar entry will select a number of relevant term from the current document and enter them into the simple search field. You can then start a simple search, with a good chance of finding documents related to the current result.