And the way if forces you into a full-blown file search when you start typing letters and are just looking for files with that prefix...
I open a new terminal and tab my way to the file I want because it's quicker and less mentally-demanding than solving Gnome's UI puzzles. At least I used to until I had enough and switched to a different file manager.
That still hasn't been fixed? It's been so long it's become an old meme at this point. People still mock Linux for it...