Sambee 1.0

Find Files and Return to Recent Locations

The quick bar provides fast navigation, File Search, and commands from one shared control.

The quick bar has multiple modes:

  • Smart navigation with Ctrl + K
  • File Search with /
  • Command mode with Ctrl + P

Jump to Any Directory with Smart Navigation

  1. Press Ctrl + K to open smart navigation.
  2. Type part of a directory name.
  3. Sambee lists matches across the current connection.
  4. Choose a match to open that directory.

Recent Directory History

Recent directories appear before cache-based directory matches, including when the search box is empty. Choose a recent directory to switch to its connection and open the saved location. A directory that is both recent and present in the active connection’s cache is shown once in Recent directories.

To remove only the selected item from Recent directories, press Shift + Delete. This removes history metadata; it never deletes the underlying directory or its contents.

History is private to your account. See File Browser Preferences to clear it.

  1. Press / when the file browser has keyboard focus.
  2. Type part of a filename.
  3. Review the separate Recent files and Current directory groups.
  4. Select a file and press Enter to open it.

File Search searches names in the active directory’s loaded files and your recent-file history. It is not a global file index and does not search contents. A file in both groups appears once in Recent files.

Use modifiers with Enter or a result click to choose how to open the selected file:

  • Ctrl opens it in the associated native application.
  • Shift opens the browser viewer picker.
  • Ctrl + Alt opens the native application picker.

To remove only a selected item from Recent files, press Shift + Delete. This removes history metadata; it never deletes the underlying file.

If a recent remote file no longer exists, Sambee removes its stale history entry after confirming that state. For local drives, Companion distinguishes a missing or no-longer-regular file from an unavailable drive; confirmed stale targets are removed, while unavailable, unpaired, or temporarily failing local drives keep their history for a later retry.

Locate and Run Any Command

For bulk actions, see Select Files and Folders .

  1. Press Ctrl + P to open command mode.
  2. Type part of a command name.
  3. Choose the command to run.