Bug 160364

Summary:	klauncher autocomplete opens the wrong programs
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Chris Vickery <chrisinajar>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	grave	CC:	coolo
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
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Description Chris Vickery 2008-04-04 14:42:23 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I have noticed this primarily when running "kate" but I'm sure other programs can cause this problem too. When I open the KLauncher (Alt+F2) then type in "kate" and press enter really fast, it opens up KAtomic instead. This is caused by "kat" assuming KAtomic, and then when I type in the "e" it starts figuring out what app I am trying to open, but I press enter before it finishes doing so. The "e" is definitely there when I press enter, I can see it every time. If I wait half a second then it correctly opens kate. This is repeatable every time without fail.

A simple fix to this would be no matter what the autocomplete says, when the user hits enter check if what he/she puts in is a valid command, if not THEN open the autocomplete value.

To reproduce the error:
Press Alt+F2
Type in "kat"
Type in "e" and then immediately press enter.
The wrong program opens.

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2008-04-04 14:49:37 UTC

klauncher is a totally different thing.
What you want is called krunner.

Comment 2 Stephan Kulow 2008-05-13 13:44:55 UTC

I have something very similiar. Whenever I type bugs.kde.org<enter> very quickly I end up with bugs.kde.or not being a valid host name - suprise, suprise.

Comment 3 Michael Pyne 2008-05-28 03:25:55 UTC

I believe this bug has been fixed with the new krunner in KDE 4.1.  I used to be able to reproduce this all the time trying to run konsole and getting kontact instead, now it works just fine.