Let's say I have a directory at which there are all sorts of video and image files. There are MP4, AVI, MOV etc. files and there are PNG, JPG, GIF etc. files all mixed together. Is there a browser that would enable a user to switch easily between views of that directory such that only the video files or only the image files are visible? It's a little like the search functionality of Nautilus, where a search results in a "virtual" directory being shown. However, we are talking about searching for multiple file types at once (MP4, AVI, MOV etc. for example) and a listing view which ranks files by extension doesn't work.
What browser might provide functionality like this, or is there a browser that can be made to provide this functionality such that it is easy and brisk for the user to use?
The file browser PCManFM provides a search function which can be engaged using a wildcard * and then also a file type (a MIME type). This results in search results for, say, all video files at the working and subdirectories that appear with a URL like the following:
search:///home/user/media?recursive=1&show_hidden=0&name=*&name_ci=1&mime_types=video/*. This works, but isn't straightforward (or like a GUI switch) for the user.
