When searching for files in a thunar window, the search string has to match exactly the start of the files. So if you have a folder with files 1-foo.x 2-bar.y 3-foo.x 4-bar.y 5-foo.y and you are interested in files containing "foo" in their name, you cannot use the search facility at all, because the prefix is different. It would be very nice if the search could interpret globbing patterns (*-foo.*) or regular expressions (.*-foo\..*).
Searching is for selecting 1 item, and there already is a pattern search which supports wildcards (Ctrl+S).
Searching is indeed for selecting one item, but I don't see why that has to be the first item. Ctrl-f p will select the first item starting with p, but I'd expect to cycle thru matching files with additional Ctrl-f hits. And Ctrl-s selects all files matching a pattern. What I'm looking for is the ability to use patterns in Ctrl-f plus a way to cycle thru all possible matches.
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(In reply to comment #2) > Searching is indeed for selecting one item, but I don't see why that has to > be the first item. Ctrl-f p will select the first item starting with p, but > I'd expect to cycle thru matching files with additional Ctrl-f hits. > > And Ctrl-s selects all files matching a pattern. > > What I'm looking for is the ability to use patterns in Ctrl-f plus a way to > cycle thru all possible matches. You can already cycle, just type the arrow keys up/down, that's an in-built behavior of such a search entry.
hi ! beating a dead cow, however, i also think that having a find utility that only finds text at the beginning of the filenames is somewhat limited. After all if i know how the filename starts i can just scroll there.. My use case is this: I have several hundred folders which are named date_patient-name_assay, and i want to find all folders from patient x. So if the ctrl-f would also find stuff inside filenames i could just type the name, then use arrows to go through all folders which contain the name. Is it difficult to implement this ? Why ? Thanks, Karl
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