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ALLOW the search to "teleport" to file #4695
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I want to search a file, and be teleported to its position, that's it
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Currently the app obly allow u to search the file, yes, but once found it only allows u to open it, and nothing else. I want to move/rename/teleport inside its folder etc etc.
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yasminhosam commentedon Aug 13, 2026
Hi! I'd like to work on this issue as a first contribution.
My plan: when a user taps a file result in Search, instead of opening it directly, navigate to its parent folder and scroll to / briefly highlight it there.
A couple of things I'd like to confirm before starting:
VishnuSanal commentedon Aug 14, 2026
hi @yasminhosam welcome, appreaciate yout interest in contributing to amaze! here are your anwers in order:
EmmanuelMess commentedon Aug 18, 2026
The icon should be similar to this and maybe have the arrow from this, the issue with "open in new" is that it would imply opening in another screen which allow navigation back to the search. For more guidance, look how GDrive does the "show file in folder".
If we can gracefully highlight it in a non time sensitive way, it would good UX.
yasminhosam commentedon Aug 19, 2026
Thanks for the reference — went with folder-arrow-right-outline from Material Design Icons, which matches the folder shape you pointed to while avoiding the "open in new" implication (the arrow curves rather than pointing diagonally outward).
Screenshot below before I push — let me know if this looks right or if you'd like a different visual weight/size:
Also confirming: the highlight stays until the user interacts with it (reusing the existing "checked" selection state), so it's not time-sensitive as you mentioned.
EmmanuelMess commentedon Aug 19, 2026
Icon is good, highlighting is too similar to selected item from selection. If you can't highlight, at least it should scroll consistently to the item. If you are adding this via agentic programming, please add headless and emulator tests for scrolling to item and headless tests for networked files.
KeronCyst commentedon Oct 6, 2026
This is literally the one reason why I'm uninstalling Amaze. I can't understand how such a fundamental feature of search engines is missing from such a wildly popular app; it's like the only app that can't do so. I rarely care to open results versus just locating or running operations on them.