Type-ahead search: Match search expression as well in the middle of file names

Submitted by Or Schiro

Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage

Link to original bug (#15409)

Description

Hi all,

Currently, Thunar provides three ways of searching (correct me if I missed something):

1. Start typing: matches the exact name of a file or folder
2. Ctrl + s search by pattern: as beginner user wouldn't know how to use this
3. Right mouse click > Catfish: probably the best for beginners as it matches almost anything by keywords

I would still say that despite those three, there is one missing that is efficient yet user-friendly.

Personally, I really like the implementation recent Nautilus has chosen.

Like 1. you can start typing and it matches anything by keyword, not just exact matches of the name, unlike Thunar.

How do you feel about the search in Thunar, specially looking at user-friendliness?

Is there anything you see we could improve to aid beginners?

Thanks for the conversation.

Regards