file search improved

main.go

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ var (
 	statusLabel             *gtk.Label
 	status                  string
 	mainColumnWidth         int
+	ignore                  string
 )
 
 // Flags
@@ -315,7 +316,6 @@ func main() {
 	appFlowBox = setUpAppsFlowBox(nil, "")
 
 	userDirsMap = mapXdgUserDirs()
-	fmt.Println(userDirsMap)
 
 	placeholder, _ := gtk.BoxNew(gtk.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 0)
 	resultsWrapper.PackStart(placeholder, true, true, 0)

uicomponents.go

@@ -274,12 +274,17 @@ func walk(path string, d fs.DirEntry, e error) error {
 		return e
 	}
 	//if !d.IsDir() {
-	parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	// don't search leading part of the path, as e.g. '/home/user/Pictures'
-	//fileName := parts[len(parts)-1]
+	toSearch := strings.Split(path, ignore)[1]
-	fileName := strings.Join(parts[4:], "/")
+	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(toSearch), strings.ToLower(phrase)) {
-	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(fileName), strings.ToLower(phrase)) {
+		// mark directories
-		fileSearchResults = append(fileSearchResults, path)
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			fileSearchResults = append(fileSearchResults, fmt.Sprintf("#is_dir#%s", path))
+		} else {
+			fileSearchResults = append(fileSearchResults, path)
+		}
 	}
+
 	//}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -339,9 +344,10 @@ func setUpSearchEntry() *gtk.SearchEntry {
 
 func searchUserDir(dir string) {
 	fileSearchResults = nil
+	ignore = userDirsMap[dir]
 	filepath.WalkDir(userDirsMap[dir], walk)
 
-	if fileSearchResults != nil && len(fileSearchResults) > 2 {
+	if fileSearchResults != nil && len(fileSearchResults) > 0 {
 		btn := setUpUserDirButton(fmt.Sprintf("folder-%s", dir), "", dir, userDirsMap)
 		fileSearchResultFlowBox.Add(btn)
 
@@ -393,6 +399,13 @@ func setUpUserFileSearchResultButton(fileName, filePath string) *gtk.Box {
 	box, _ := gtk.BoxNew(gtk.ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 0)
 	button, _ := gtk.ButtonNew()
 
+	// in the walk function we've marked directories with the '#is_dir#' prefix
+	if strings.HasPrefix(filePath, "#is_dir#") {
+		filePath = filePath[8:]
+		img, _ := gtk.ImageNewFromIconName("folder", gtk.ICON_SIZE_MENU)
+		button.SetImage(img)
+	}
+
 	tooltipText := ""
 	if len(fileName) > *nameLimit {
 		tooltipText = fileName