Bug 102132

Summary: Krunner should support path autocompletion
Product: [Plasma] krunner Reporter: Matt T. Proud <khanreaper>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: alexander.lohnau, bug, chaofeng111, finex, heinrich.wendel, kde_bugzilla_2, maarizwan, mail, matthew.flaschen
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Description Matt T. Proud 2005-03-21 22:52:55 UTC
Version:           3.3.2 (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

It would be nice if the path box in the "Run Command" dialog would support pathname autocompletion--i.e., offer suggestions for filenames and paths as the user enters information.
Comment 1 Diemo 2005-04-20 00:11:18 UTC
I would take the autocompletion even further by including a full bash completion. Of course to not distract new users this should be configurable via the >> advanced options tab and made sticky.

For completion <tab> would be used.
Comment 2 Maksim Orlovich 2005-05-08 16:02:39 UTC
*** Bug 67825 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Ludo 2006-03-17 22:34:33 UTC
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 4 Andreas Kling 2006-07-26 23:20:41 UTC
*** Bug 121472 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 FiNeX 2009-01-02 20:53:00 UTC
Hi! Do you like having this implemented on KDE 4 for the krunner application (the new minicli)?
Comment 6 Chao Feng 2014-06-02 10:04:08 UTC
I often find myself using Yakuake to launch GUI apps just because KRunner doesn't allow me to type something like this:

mplayer ~/in<Tab>/Vid<Tab>/MS<Tab><Enter>

(Resulting in "mplayer ~/incoming/Videos/MST3K_-_Toobular_Boobular.flv")

What I propose is that if there's exactly one result and it's for the Command Line plugin, then the normal tab behaviour should be replaced with a simple tab completion function which completes valid paths and file:// URLs. (Naturally, support should be included for resolving ~ and ~username)

Of course, if you'd prefer not to default to having an exception to the normal Tab key behaviour, I'd have no problem with the feature being optional, off by default, and controlled by a checkbox in the Command Line plugin preferences.
Comment 7 Chao Feng 2014-06-02 10:07:45 UTC
*** Bug 183532 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Chao Feng 2014-06-02 14:12:33 UTC
*** Bug 105687 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Chao Feng 2014-06-07 07:22:08 UTC
*** Bug 140745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Alexander Lohnau 2020-07-13 09:20:03 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 55020 ***