Baloo does exclude many file types from being indexed, namely those, which are listed in ``` ~/.config/baloofilerc [General] dbVersion=2 exclude filters=*~,*.part,*.o,*.la,*.lo,*.loT,*.moc,moc_*.cpp,qrc_*.cpp,ui_*.h,cmake_install.cmake,CMakeCache.txt,CTestTestfile.cmake,libtool,config.status,confdefs.h,autom4te,conftest,confstat,Makefile.am,*.gcode,.ninja_deps,.ninja_log,build.ninja,*.csproj,*.m4,*.rej,*.gmo,*.pc,*.omf,*.aux,*.tmp,*.po,*.vm*,*.nvram,*.rcore,*.swp,*.swap,lzo,litmain.sh,*.orig,.histfile.*,.xsession-errors*,*.map,*.so,*.a,*.db,*.qrc,*.ini,*.init,*.img,*.vdi,*.vbox*,vbox.log,*.qcow2,*.vmdk,*.vhd,*.vhdx,*.sql,*.sql.gz,*.ytdl,*.class,*.pyc,*.pyo,*.elc,*.qmlc,*.jsc,*.fastq,*.fq,*.gb,*.fasta,*.fna,*.gbff,*.faa,po,CVS,.svn,.git,_darcs,.bzr,.hg,CMakeFiles,CMakeTmp,CMakeTmpQmake,.moc,.obj,.pch,.uic,.npm,.yarn,.yarn-cache,__pycache__,node_modules,node_packages,nbproject,core-dumps,lost+found exclude filters version=8 ``` For many of those files it surely makes no sense to index them, however some could expect to find contents in *.h or *.cpp files. It would increase the UX imo if the list were exposed in the System Settings or at least a hint shown, so that a normal user knows about these exclusions and is no longer surprised or can extend the list on their own.
You can use the command line, there's: $ balooctl config list excludeFolders $ balooctl config list excludeFilters $ balooctl config list excludeMimetypes That's a lot of information for System Settings to handle...
(In reply to tagwerk19 from comment #1) > You can use the command line, there's: > > $ balooctl config list excludeFolders > $ balooctl config list excludeFilters > $ balooctl config list excludeMimetypes > > That's a lot of information for System Settings to handle... excludeFolders you probably don't need, because it's already shown in the list view. How about making the static "Directory" section tabbed: "Directory", "Filters", "Mimetypes". For each you have a list view. :)