> A good middle ground that I've seen across programs, apps and OS-level menus is to add a search box that "skips" the hierarchy navigation when the user knows

> A good middle ground that I've seen across programs, apps and OS-level menus is to add a search box that "skips" the hierarchy navigation when the user knows what they're looking for. Or, when searching, keep the hierarchy but only show the items that match and their parent folders. Can give users a sense of "oh, that's over there, so similar stuff is in that same location".