Re: Nautilus: type-ahead navigation

[Robert Foss <robert foss collabora com>]

Hey Antonio,

On 03/18/2018 05:16 PM, António Fernandes wrote:
> Hey Robert
>
> Robert Foss <robert foss collabora com <mailto:robert foss collabora com>> 
> escreveu no dia domingo, 18/03/2018 às 15:20:
>
>     Hey,
>
>     I'm running gnome 3.24.2, and have been trying to enable a type-ahead nautilus
>     navigation.
>
>     Is it possible to enable through the advanced configuration options?
>
>
> No, it is not.
>
>     Or has it been removed from the codebase?
>
>
> It has been replaced by the new keyboard navigation in the upstream stable 
> versions since 2012.
> The old keyboard navigation is available in older versions of nautilus.
> It is also present in projects forked from nautilus, such as nemo and caja.
>
>
>     Is it still type-ahead nautilus navigation still disabled in the trunk version?
>
>
> More or less. Keyboard navigation is based on tracker search now. There is also 
> a checkbox in the setting to make the search non-recursive (i.e., only the 
> current directory). It is getting improved to make sure it is fast and clear 
> enough to use for keyboard navigation.

That's good news.
Thanks for getting back to me about all of this, it is much appreciated.


Rob.