Is there a way to use type-ahead search rather than "filtering" in newer Nautilus versions (I use 3.14 on Fedora 21)?

E.g., when I type in "worl" in a directory with files named Hello and World, Hello just gets filtered out - while what I want is to move current selection to World, without any filtering in a current directory. The latter behavior can be seen in Ubuntu's version of Nautilus, while on Fedora there's no such a setting in Options window or in dconf.

share|improve this question
up vote 5 down vote accepted
+50

From Fedora 21: Typeahead search in Nautilus possible? :

The type-ahead search is not supported in GNOME. It works in Ubuntu, because Ubuntu developers created a patch to re-enable this behavior but it has never been accepted by GNOME developers.

Might be easier to just install nemo and use that.

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.