Select item in current folder by typing, without activating the full search mode
Affected version
- Nightly flatpak: (Yes) / No / Can't test it because
Use cases
Quickly navigate the filesystem without causing intensive operations such as searching, while retaining the functionality to search into subfolders when that mode is wanted.
I use this in Apple's Finder, and Windows first-party File Explorer, along with third-party Explorer++.
Available features and workarounds
Achieved by changing the search setting to only current folder.
Difficulties and insufficiencies
Still a 'heavy' and unnecessary mode, that also loses context and focus, either technically or by perception at least. I see it selects when entering the search mode and finding a positive result, but I want to avoid this mode completely.