How To Disable search in nautilus 3.6 while typing text!

Solution 1:

Enter this into the terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-interactive-search true

(From this answer)

Solution 2:

3 working solutions, in order of difficulty:

1. change the options of any version of Nautilus using gconf-editor:
   1. apps -> Nautilus -> preferences;
   2. visit org.gnome.nautilus.preferences;
   3. check (enable) enable-interactive-search;
2. replace any version of Nautilus with another file manager (GUIDE / HOW-TO);
3. install a patched version of Nautilus 3.6 (GUIDE / HOW-TO) and remember to update it frequently;

After following these instructions you should reboot your computer to replace the running instances of Nautilus.