[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 15409] New: Making Thunar search more user-friendly

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15409

            Bug ID: 15409
           Summary: Making Thunar search more user-friendly
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Thunar
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: orschiro at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: 1.8.5

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

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