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
- Press Ctrl + K to open smart navigation.
- Type part of a directory name.
- Sambee lists matches across the current connection.
- Choose a match to open that directory.
Recent Directory History
When the search box is empty, the Recent directories group shows your saved locations. 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.
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.
Missing or Inaccessible Folders
Sambee loads a target folder before it changes the pane location. If the folder was moved or deleted, the pane keeps its previous location, breadcrumbs, file list, and selection. A short notification appears inside that pane. The other pane does not change.
When Sambee confirms that a recent folder no longer exists, it removes that history entry. Permission errors, unavailable connections, and timeouts do not remove history. History removal never deletes files or folders.
If a folder from a direct link no longer exists, or the open folder is deleted, Sambee tries to open an accessible parent folder. A notification explains the change. If no parent can be opened, stale file rows are removed and a recovery message stays visible with a retry control. Connection and Companion pairing problems keep their specific recovery controls.
Find Files with File Search
- Press / when the file browser has keyboard focus.
- Type part of a filename.
- Review the ranked matches.
- 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 sources appears once. With an empty query, results use separate Recent files and Current directory groups.
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.
Access denial, timeouts, expired tokens, and a failed native application launch keep recent-file history. An error response alone does not establish that the source file is missing. An identified invalid history target or a stored connection that was deleted can also be removed from recent-file history. History removal never deletes the source file.
When a file is confirmed missing, Sambee refreshes its parent folder if that folder is still displayed. The other pane keeps its location. Viewer failures retain Retry and Close. Native application Retry requires your action; Sambee does not launch the application automatically.
A Companion URI handoff asks the desktop application to open a file. It does not confirm that the application opened it successfully. Errors after that handoff may be visible only in Companion or the selected application.
Locate and Run Any Command
For bulk actions, see Select Files and Folders .
- Press Ctrl + P to open command mode.
- Type part of a command name.
- Choose the command to run.