So mate used to be great but doesn't seem to be a solution anymore either, type-ahead-find seemingly has been replaced for search-as-you- type in mate sometimes this summer as well, too.
+1 for replacement, it could at least be a configuration option -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1164016 Title: restore type-ahead find To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1164016/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs