Tweak/Merge nautilus search and selection features

Binary package hint: nautilus

Nautilus currently has a useful ctrl-s feature that selects certain files in the current folder. However, as pointed out here*, there is no real way to do anything with the result. Here is my proposition to tweak the process.

Similar to the quicksearch in firefox/gedit, a small hidden bar pops up on shortcut and lets the user find files given a pattern in the current folder. Two tick boxes are present, one to force case matching, and the other to hide non matching files. Hiding non matching files just results into files being hidden until they match the pattern or the pattern is cleared. This box should be off by default - someone accidentally hiding files who doesn't know about this could get annoyed.

I suppose this could easily get nice plugins such as an advanced search with further options such as searching further folders for files (=> list view), etc. I think such a feature would be a great asset and would give Nautilus a lot of the love it needs**.

Side note; Think of differentiating search and foldersearch the way they are differentiated in most web browsers today: "Page" search is fast, gives what you want instantly. "Full" search is slower and the results need to be doublechecked.

Apologies if this is the wrong section, unsure where wishlist items are posted.

* http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6155/
** http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6167/