diff --git a/Browser.py b/Browser.py
index 8ce2db8..26867c4 100644
--- a/Browser.py
+++ b/Browser.py
@@ -1302,12 +1302,14 @@ class Browser(ft.Row):
         if self.EntryFilter:
             Entries = [Entry for Entry in Entries if self.EntryFilter(Entry)]
         if self.Config.ShowSearch and self.SearchText:
-            # Directories never get filtered out, even if their name doesn't
-            # match — otherwise typing a search hides the very folders you'd
-            # need to navigate into to find more, making it impossible to go
-            # anywhere else while a filter is active (the actual bug report:
-            # "cannot go into directories if there is a search bar").
-            Entries = [Entry for Entry in Entries if Entry.is_dir() or self._MatchesSearch(Entry.name)]
+            # Directories filter by name same as files (feedback: "Search
+            # doesn't affect directories"). They used to be exempted here as
+            # a (wrong) fix for "cannot go into directories if there is a
+            # search bar" — that bug's real cause was Ctrl+F leaving CtrlHeld
+            # stuck (see _SetShortcutsPaused/_ToggleSearchBar), not this
+            # filter; with that fixed at the root, there's no reason left to
+            # keep directories unfilterable.
+            Entries = [Entry for Entry in Entries if self._MatchesSearch(Entry.name)]
         Entries = self._SortEntries(Entries)
         self.CurrentEntries = Entries
         # A refresh (new/renamed/deleted files) can leave stale paths in the