Supported File Managers

SwiftList doesn't only search — it can also integrate with the file manager or dialog you're currently using. Depending on the target, that integration can mean up to three things:

• Inline search docking — a SwiftList search bar embeds directly into the target window (the inline window), so you can search without leaving it.
• Quick Navigation — the target responds to the quick navigation mouse triggers (double-click/middle-click, or the inline window's own logo), popping a cascading menu of Favorites, History, and quick-access folders.
• Active path detection — SwiftList can tell which folder is currently open in the target, so it can scope a search to that folder and resolve path-relative actions (like Copy Path) against it.

Not every integration provides all three — see the table below.

Built in (no extra install)

These come bundled with SwiftList's core extensions plugin — nothing to enable separately.

Target	Inline search docking	Quick Navigation	Active path detection
Windows File Explorer	Yes	Double-click or middle-click	Yes
Modern Open/Save file dialog	Yes (this is the inline window)	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—
Classic Open/Save file dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—
Classic Browse-for-Folder dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—

Active path detection doesn't apply to the dialogs themselves — there's no "other window" for SwiftList to scope a search against once it's already docked inside the dialog.

Optional plugins (Settings → Plugins)

Each of these ships as its own plugin. Install/enable it from Settings → Plugins, then use that plugin's own Configure dialog to toggle Enable Inline Search and Enable Quick Navigation independently — both default to on.

Target	Inline search docking	Quick Navigation	Active path detection
Directory Opus	Yes	Middle-click on a file list pane	Yes
Files	Yes	Middle-click on a file list pane	Yes
One Commander	Yes	Middle-click on a file list pane	Yes
Total Commander	Yes	Middle-click on a file list pane	Yes
XYplorer	Yes	Middle-click on a file list pane	Yes

All five detect their target by matching the running process (and, for Directory Opus and Total Commander, by talking to their documented remote-control interface over WM_COPYDATA rather than scraping the UI); Files and One Commander instead use UI Automation, since neither exposes a remote-control protocol.

Application dialogs (optional plugins)

These target one specific dialog inside a third-party application — not the whole application — the same way the built-in dialogs above do. Install/enable from Settings → Plugins; each ships a single component with its own on/off switch there (no separate Configure dialog, since there's only one thing to toggle).

Target	Inline search docking	Quick Navigation	Active path detection
WPS Office's Open/Save dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—
WinRAR's Extract dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—
Bandizip's Extract dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—
Bandizip's Add Files dialog	Yes	Middle-click, or left-click the inline window's own logo	—

Detected by control structure, not window title, so this works across every language pack each application ships. The WPS entry covers Writer, Spreadsheets, Presentation and the PDF reader, which all share the one dialog — WPS uses its own rather than the Windows one, which is why it needs a plugin at all where most applications are covered by the built-in dialogs above. As with those, active path detection doesn't apply — SwiftList is already docked inside the dialog itself, with no other window to scope a search against.

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Building your own integration for a file manager not listed here? See the System & Dialog Adapters reference in the Developer Manual.