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Bug 309758 - Location bar filter enhancement, wildcards
Location bar filter enhancement, wildcards
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 340332
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Location Bar
2.11.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 321134 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-07-07 22:13 UTC by Mike Miller
Modified: 2012-09-05 19:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Mike Miller 2005-07-07 22:13:08 UTC 
Please add this small feature to the nautilus address bar.

It would be nice if you could enter wildcard characters in the address bar to
filter the files displayed in the nautilus browser window.

For example, type "/mnt/cdrom/*.jpg' in the address bar to filter the view to
only jpg files in this window.  This type of filter was possible in the Win 3.1
filemanager, but functionality was removed for explorer.

This feature would be helpful to find specific files faster.
Comment 1 Evert Verhellen 2005-07-10 15:47:48 UTC 
I second this.
Comment 2 Sebastien Bacher 2005-11-13 13:38:23 UTC 
*** Bug 321134 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Evert Verhellen 2005-11-17 00:13:24 UTC 
I recently came across a similar shortcoming in the Windows Explorer where I had
to go to the Command Prompt and do a "dir *pattern*" to quickly find the files I
was looking for from a long list. Can't we add a Search widget to Nautilus
similar to what Apple incorporated within their iTunes application? As GNOME is
already designed towards instant-apply I think that a real-time pattern matching
widget in Nautilus would be a logical add-on. Over the years Apple seems to have
proven that such a Search interface does in fact make sense and that even
"computer illiterate" people do understand how to use such kind of functionality.
Comment 4 harobed 2009-02-20 09:06:25 UTC 
I vote for this feature.
Comment 5 Marcus Carlson 2010-01-23 20:18:06 UTC 
I'd like something like this too but rather a separate quickfind widget in the toolbar (optional of course) where typing anything will filter the current view (or views as we now have split view)
Comment 6 Allan Day 2010-06-21 12:45:06 UTC 
Amending title and component.
Comment 7 William Jon McCann 2012-09-05 19:24:12 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 340332 ***