What patterns can be used in Thunar's Select By Pattern?

Question

In Thunar, Select By Pattern - the option brought up by ctrl+s - lets you search through the files in a directory by patterns. For example, searching "?.jpg" will select all jpgs. What is the syntax of the allowed patterns? For example, is there any way to select all jpgs and pngs with this command?

Answer 1

Doing a thorough reading of:

https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/working-with-files-and-folders

There are several ways to select files in Thunar.

a. To select a single file, you can simply click on it with the left mouse button.

b. You can select multiple files by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the files, or holding down the Shift key to select a range of files.

c. You can also select multiple files and folders by using the mouse to drag a selection box over them. Note: If you are using View as a Detailed List in the Main Area, you must first position the mouse over a file/folder name (not in the whitespace) before dragging.

d. You can also select files by providing a pattern with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-S or from the main menu Edit → Select pattern.... For example, to select all text files, hit Ctrl-S and enter “*.txt” in the dialog.

e. If you want to find a single file and know the beginning of the filename, simply start entering the filename in the view. A text box will appear in the bottom right corner and an incremental search will be performed. The first file that matches what you type will be selected. If there are multiple files names beginning with the same letters, continuing to type the name you're looking for will narrow your search down until the file you want is selected.

In (d) above, and in all other places I looked, and in all experiments I did, you can only select one pattern type (almost any extension or other pattern you wish.

So the answer to your question is: almost any normal pattern and the answer to the inner question: Can I select multiple patterns? No, that cannot be done.

Again: Thunar in Linux for my review and experiments.