Enhancement: adding a filter capability to Thunar
Having a permanently visible input at the bottom of a Thunar window/pane which is a filter to limit the number of files to display (in the current view mode icon/compact/detailed). It would need to be inactive unless activated by entering a text and should be cleared on changing directories. The 'filter' box can limit the files displayed by entering a text to match against file names, done in any part of the filenames, and it is realtime while we type.
I know there exist a possibility with the current version: hitting the search button (or ctrl+F) and have search box work on the currently displayed directory only (you can set the search capability not to include subfolders in the preferences) : I use it, it is realtime while we type. So it is close.
But it requires a few clicks more, and since you jump in "search mode" it changes the display from compact to detailed view prior to search, so it causes some delay because it fetch all files sizes first and it is significant when there are a lot of files. Then you also loose the selection if you want to: select several files for further operations and get out of the search mode.
(FYI the permanent bottom filter box is available on Dolphin and it works like described here)