Command-F (search) in Finder As shown in the screenshot when I do a command-F (Find files ?) all of the files in the directory just do not show anymore (there are hundreds of files in the /shared directory)

Update Of course / naturally I typed in values to the search field. E.g pdf  I also used the dropdowns (type PDF). No change - i.e. nothing shows up.

So what is going on with the command-F.

BEFORE command-F



AFTER command-F  (nothing??)
You just have to specify what you want to search. As soon as you begin typing your query the results will appear.

From OS X: Keyboard shortcuts


  Command-F Find any matching Spotlight attribute


As long as nothing is entered there is no match.

If you just want to move the input focus to the search field without starting a search use command+option+F