I am running Yosemite v10.10. After installing TotalFinder 1.6.16 I could no longer search by name reliably in the Finder about 90% of the time. I would enter my search term in the space provided in the Finder window, but the Search by Name box that ordinarily appears below the search input area would flash for a millisecond and then disappear, leaving no opportunity to select such a search. All I was left with was a search for the term inside documents which I didn’t want. If I deleted the last character of the search term the search by name box would reappear, but I could never get to do a search on the full word I wanted to search on. I removed TotalFinder and the search by name function worked properly. I reinstalled TotalFinder 1.6.13, which I had around, and the search by name function works fine.
I am the original poster of this thread. I have installed the recently released v1.6.17. I can report that the Search by Name problem identified in this thread still exists, but it is not as prevalent as under v1.6.16. Under the old version, the problem existed about 90% of the time. Under the newly released version, the problem is much less frequent, perhaps only 25% of the time, but it is still present.
In addition to that when using CMD-F and typing (for example) "123456"
character “1” --> "search by name box: name 1"
character “2” --> nothing
character “3” --> "search by name box: name 123"
character “4” --> nothing
character “5” --> "search by name box: name 12345"
character “6” --> nothing
I’ve found that if you place a Space after your entry you can get the Search by Name box to reappear. Sometimes, you have to do this twice before it will display long enough to allow you to make an entry.
This helps fix the problem, sometimes I have to add 3 or 4 spaces before the drop down to choose “name” sticks. There has been no progress on this nor any new betas for quite a while now. Is this program being actively developed anymore or is it now dead?