Quick Search Functionality

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OldSchool2
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Quick Search Functionality

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"If a folder contains too many items, horizontal or vertical scroll bars appear so you can see all the contents. You can quickly jump to a particular file name if you start typing a few starting letters of the name rather quickly. If you type 4 or more letters then you activate the quick filter box that will show you only files that match the name fragment you typed."
How do I turn this off? If I go into the Windows folder and start typing SYSTEM32 by the time I hit the letter T, the focus has moved to the quick search box (which may be in filter, search or select mode) and I don't like that. I want to type SYSTEM32 and have the highlighted folder/row be moved to the SYSTEM32 folder, not up into the search/filter/select textbox. Also note that once my focus has moved to that search textbox up top and I have typed all of the name SYSTEM32, the only mode that actually works and takes me to or shows me the system32 folder is filter mode. If it's in select or search mode it doesn't take me to the system32 folder so it's not much help.

How do I turn this off?
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Re: Quick Search Functionality

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TOOLS >ADVANCED OPTIONS menu, search for "incremental search auto-filter" and set it to 0

I have moved this option to in-program settings for the upcoming v6.3
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Re: Quick Search Functionality

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Thank you. I searched for an option to change this setting, but this app has so many features and options sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for. I even searched the online manual for a solution. X2 has so many features that even after decades of using it [almost daily] I am still finding new features that I can use. :)

Its an awesome app.
Thanks!
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Re: Quick Search Functionality

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cheers, please spread the word!
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Re: Quick Search Functionality

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TOOLS >ADVANCED OPTIONS menu, search for "incremental search auto-filter" and set it to 0

I have moved this option to in-program settings for the upcoming v6.3
Is this now called "filter jump"?

I can't find anything else that could match.
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Re: Quick Search Functionality

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v6.3.0.0 says:
A few options were moved from advanced (external) into regular, available from TOOLS > OPTIONS menu, e.g. "Filter jump" that controls when focus moves automatically to the quick filter/search box, control of caption error messages and a few others. People that have problems with native preview tab should tick "External native preview" option (also made internal).