Omnifinder ignores the current location in the folder pane

[narayan]

The OmniFinder sometimes ignores the current location of the active pane; and launches the search in a different place.

Two examples:

If the current location is D:\, and if I press CTRL+F, the OmniFinder shows some path in D drive (but not the root).

If I launch a search in C:\Program Files\Util, the Look in field shows a subfolder of this folder. (e.g. C:\Program Files\Util\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins).

One remarkable finding is, x2 repeatedly searches in these two particular locations, rather than randomly changing the search domain.

However, if I drill down and launch the search in a subfolder, it searches as expected.

Happens in Windows XP (SP-3) and 7 both.

[nikos]

this sounds like this
http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9040

[IneedHelp]

This also sounds like this
http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8964

[narayan]

yes. But I can confirm that it happens even when I haven't gone upward in the errant folder. Even a fresh session of x2 (where I have restarted x2 but not the PC) produces this result.

[nikos]

it doesn't happen to me but i'll try to reproduce it somehow

[Gandolf]

This might be a clue.

Path is C:\Downloads\PV\Current with no sub-directories.
Ctrl+F searches C:\Downloads\PV\Current
backspace, path is now C:\Downloads\PV with sub-directories
Ctrl+F searches C:\Downloads\PV
backspace again and Ctrl+F searches C:\Downloads\September\26

I don't know if the backspacing from a directory with a sub-directory is anything to do with it. I've reproduced it with several similar situations.

[longfellow]

Confirmed. Also I notice that sometimes both the "Look in:" and "Named:" fields are highlighted (though the "Named:" field has focus).

[profess]

Has this one been sorted? It's slightly annoying...

[Thracx]

it doesn't happen to me but i'll try to reproduce it somehow

I've seen this issue before, but it always seemed to happen randomly.  I just tried to reproduce it to no avail.  Irritating :/