microsoft/PowerToys

[Run][File Plugin] search for folders only

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#5,712 opened on Aug 6, 2020

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Help WantedIdea-EnhancementProduct-PowerToys RunRun-Plugin

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I often enough want to navigate to a deeply buried folder quickly, but typing in it in PT Run just brings up a lot of files. What I want is an option, preferably typing the slash / to let PT Run know I only want to see folders as result.

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Research direction
Explore the PowerToys Run file plugin source code to understand how results are filtered and add an option to limit results to folders only, e.g., by detecting a trailing slash.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
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2
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1-3 hours
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70