Rofi: Find files

[orschiro]

Hi @DaveDavenport,

I just came across Mutate, another launcher with one very useful feature: finding and opening files.

Could such a feature be added to rofi as well?

Thankfully,

Robert

[DaveDavenport]

Looks a lot like albert (https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert) they seem to be popping up a lot.
I have a file-browser script for rofi that allows you to quickly open file. This could easily be extended. Maybe with enough demand I will integrate it.

See Examples/rofi-file-browser:

https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/master/Examples/rofi-file-browser.sh

If rofi-file-browser.sh is in path:

rofi -switchers "file:rofi-file-browser.sh" -show file

(Small side note: One of the key things of Rofi was/is (and yes, I am violating it a bit) is to keep it simple, so I would prefer an external script over integrated feature)

[orschiro]

Thank you.

I just tried your script. Am I correct that it only shows the files of the directory in which the rofi-file-browser.sh is located?

In other words, I cannot search for files located somewhere in a subfolder of ~/..., correct?

[DaveDavenport]

It should store last location. So once you enter the right directory, it should be there next time.

[orschiro]

Sorry for my late response. Indeed the right directory is there!

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