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Suggested File Manager with location bar and search bar both always visible?

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Desired Functionalities:

  • Location Bar OR Breadcrumbs
  • Search Bar (For Filename Matching)
  • List view with Sort by any column (click on header to perform sort)
  • Handle 1000+ files in a directory without weird lag / failure

Windows Example (with Image Reference)

Windows has offered all these functionalities consistently for decades (perhaps less and less hardware efficiently) which can be visually seen in an asked question on the microsoft website.

Things I have researched:

I am currently (2022) looking at the following file managers for xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa which is based upon Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa:

  • Nautilus
  • Nemo
  • Thunar & catfish (which forces a second window and seems wildly inefficient)
  • PacManFM

At first glance it appears most Linux file managers like the idea of only a single text bar instead of having BOTH location path & search constantly visible. The Gnome file manager used to have these functionalities (around about 2010) however since then gnome has slowly removed more and more features of the file manager and tried to make it less and less like windows.

In summary I have the following question:

Is there an obvious file manager choice I overlooked in the modern era (post 2020) for a file manager with my feature list above?

(most importantly including both location & search bars)

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Please [edit your question](https://askubuntu.com/posts/1378684/edit) and indicate which distro and version of Linux you are using. In this question answer site it is best to ask one question at a time. Please see the [site help](https://askubuntu.com/help) for guidance on how to ask questions on this site.
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I added my system information, reduced the question to be a single concrete question, and removed some unnecessary content.
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