Idea #476: Fix Nautilus Search

If you navigate to a folder

eg. /media/pics

Then do a search it doesn't search for items in the folder and sub-directories below, but it is just using tracker's indexed files.

Which is ridiculous if not stupid. Even Windows XP search is not this useless.

Is there a way to separate these two functions (tracker & nautilus) , if I navigate to a folder and then do a search all I want is results with in the folder.

With this Tracker search you can't expect us to index our root folder.

Also if you search for a general term like you .jpg you will get a zillion results. While with the old search it was specific to a folder.

I don't know if many of the developers have worked in a non IT work environment.
Because in these environments the Project folder and filenames are often used to differentiate files, not the contents as most companies use templates.

It would also be silly to expect one to index the data from all the company's projects, as the number of files is so vast.

The old Nautilus (6.10) used to do this beautifully.