diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index 23e5ead3..88590141 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -2589,12 +2589,12 @@ const CommandBarInChat = () => {
 					${isFinishedMakingFileChanges ? '' : 'opacity-0 pointer-events-none'}
 				`}
 			>
-				<JumpToFileButton
+				{/* <JumpToFileButton
 					uri={uri}
 					data-tooltip-id='void-tooltip'
 					data-tooltip-place='top'
 					data-tooltip-content='Go to file'
-				/>
+				/> */}
 				<IconShell1 // RejectAllButtonWrapper
 					Icon={X}
 					onClick={() => { editCodeService.acceptOrRejectAllDiffAreas({ uri, removeCtrlKs: true, behavior: "reject", _addToHistory: true, }); }}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
index f4bc418f..78a2fcb9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ const getOptionsAtPath = async (accessor: ReturnType<typeof useAccessor>, path:
 	if (generateNextOptionsAtPath) {
 		nextOptionsAtPath = await generateNextOptionsAtPath(optionText)
 	}
+	else if (path.length === 0 && optionText.trim().length > 0) { // (special case): directly search for both files and folders if optionsPath is empty and there's a search term
+		const filesResults = await searchForFilesOrFolders(optionText, 'files') || [];
+		const foldersResults = await searchForFilesOrFolders(optionText, 'folders') || [];
+		nextOptionsAtPath = [...foldersResults, ...filesResults,]
+	}
 
 	const optionsAtPath = nextOptionsAtPath
 		.filter(o => isSubsequence(o.fullName, optionText))
@@ -367,7 +372,8 @@ export const VoidInputBox2 = forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, InputBox2Props>(fun
 	const [didLoadInitialOptions, setDidLoadInitialOptions] = useState(false);
 
 	const currentPathRef = useRef<string>(JSON.stringify([]));
-	const areBreadcrumbsShowing = didLoadInitialOptions && optionPath.length >= 1;
+	// Show breadcrumbs when we have options loaded AND we're either at root level OR in a subfolder
+	const areBreadcrumbsShowing = true
 
 
 	const insertTextAtCursor = (text: string) => {