Nautilus: select specific file in large directory

[Eric Feliksik]

When having a window in front with about 100 files, searching for the 
specific file "pulp fiction.avi" can take a while. This is a feature 
request for nautilus to make this easier, and I'd like to hear if people 
find it a good idea.

Now, I'd like to press 'p', and go to the files with p. But it selects 
the first file with a name starting with letter p, and no further (often 
this is a subfolder). But I'd like to traverse all files starting with 
either "p" or "P", by pressing 'p' over and over. In MS Windows (I 
think, not sure) this works, and you can even go to the file by typing 
"pul" relatively fast, which is even better.

Now, Firefox has the "Find" field at the bottom, when you start typing 
with a '/' or hit ctrl-F... Maybe in nautilus when one starts typing a 
"Jump to file" firefox-like-bottom-thing could appear where one could 
enter the start of a name quickly, with live (while typing) selection of 
the first matched file. (No escaping with '/' necessary, I suppose, as 
all other thinks are escaped by CTRL. )

So basically it's like the functionality in - I believe - MS explorer, 
but with a firefox-like think that gives more visual feedback.

This should not be a major eye-catcher, just suble extra feature like in 
firefox. Maybe a button "Search for files" botton could be at the right 
in the "jump to file"-bar, so people can easily do more advances 
searching as well.


Thanks for reading, I hope to hear some response.

Eric