Bug 202336

Summary:	KRunner should launch default email application when providing an email address
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Elias Probst <mail>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	adaptee, giecrilj, rshah0385
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	regression
Version:	4.9.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:	http://commits.kde.org/kde-workspace/4a341f115eca937bca43f37076500ce9312f8aee	Version Fixed In:	4.11
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Elias Probst 2009-08-02 18:50:40 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.98)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

When typing an email address into KRunner's input field which isn't available through the "Contacts" runner no action is provided.

KRunner should provide at least an action like "Send email to john@doe.local" which uses the default email application when a valid email address is found in the input field.

Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2011-12-10 14:12:38 UTC

Try "mailto:somebody@somewhere.com" and press Enter. Not very convenient, but better than nothing.

Comment 2 Elias Probst 2011-12-10 17:10:26 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Try "mailto:somebody@somewhere.com" and press Enter. Not very convenient, but
> better than nothing.

Thanks for this hint, that's what I've been using instead. See also bug#285758 where you also commented :)

I'm leaving this as a wishlist item, maybe it'll be implemented one day.

Comment 3 Elias Probst 2012-07-15 20:44:33 UTC

This is implemented in 4.8.x but it could be a little more polished.

Right now it says:
  Launch with kmail -caption "%c" %u
and doesn't have any icon in front.

It would look better saying:
  Send email to john.doe@foobar.test
and having the 'actions/mail-message-new' icon in front of it.

Comment 4 Christopher Yeleighton 2012-08-21 18:01:09 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Try "mailto:somebody@somewhere.com" and press Enter. Not very convenient,
> but better than nothing.

I tried "mailto:kdei18n-pl-uwagi@lists.sourceforge.net".  
KRunner took me to http://mailto@lists.sourceforge.net.

Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-09-08 11:31:57 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Try "mailto:somebody@somewhere.com" and press Enter. Not very convenient,
> > but better than nothing.
> 
> I tried "mailto:kdei18n-pl-uwagi@lists.sourceforge.net".  
> KRunner took me to http://mailto@lists.sourceforge.net.

Confirmed with 4.9.0, marking this as a regression.