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Hello, I'm fresh user of LXDE and I'd like to know when the feature "find files" will be available in PCManFM? I found this thread on a forum http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic ... ind-files/, where such option is available, but works not 100% as expected. Am I right guessing, that this function will be added after finishing rewrite other parts of PCManFM? Because I find it useful sometimes.

nobange wrote:Hello, I'm fresh user of LXDE and I'd like to know when the feature "find files" will be available in PCManFM? I found this thread on a forum http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic ... ind-files/, where such option is available, but works not 100% as expected. Am I right guessing, that this function will be added after finishing rewrite other parts of PCManFM? Because I find it useful sometimes.

A later answer but nontheless: I use catfish to search for files. This seperate package itself is only a frontend to the find command, to my knowledge.

I'll be looking up if there is a way to add it to right-click-menu.

I have a relatively easy solution. Here are the steps:

1) Install the catfish package.
2) Open the folder /usr/share/applications/ as root.
3) When installed, catfish will place the file catfish.desktop in this folder. Make a copy of this file, and give it the name catfish_from_here.desktop
4) Edit the new file as root and replace two lines so they look as follows: 5) Right click onto an arbitrary folder and select "Open with". You will be presented with an application to choose. The new entry Catfish From Here will be right next to Catfish.
6) PCManFM remembers this choice. So the next time you right click on any folder, you will have the option to search inside this folder with catfish.

hope this helps

Thanks for answers. Meanwhile I found DoubleCommander and use it as file manager, it has search feature built in.