Bug 291960

Summary:	[Desktop grid] keyboard filtering should work on grid page too
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	sirherrbatka
Component:	effects-overview	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, redredemption, sbmichael
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.23.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Bug Depends on:	295775
Bug Blocks:

Description sirherrbatka 2012-01-19 14:42:42 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.5) 
OS:                Linux

PresentWindows can filter windows with keyboard input. desktop grid can't.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Launch desktop gird. Type anything.

Actual Results:  
Nothing.

Expected Results:  
Filter popups, apropariate window is selected on any of the desktops. Pressing enter sends to this window.

I guess that it would turn KDE more natural since both effects would behave the same. 

Also it looks less confusing.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2012-01-19 15:29:36 UTC

the goal is to finally merge the two effects. Up to then we won't add 
filtering support to desktop grid as the effect is already rather complex.

Comment 2 sirherrbatka 2012-01-19 16:38:07 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> the goal is to finally merge the two effects. Up to then we won't add 
> filtering support to desktop grid as the effect is already rather complex.

Sounds cool but then indeed this request makes no sense. I'm sorry.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2017-06-10 10:35:05 UTC

*** Bug 381021 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Michael SB 2022-06-25 00:00:50 UTC

(In reply to Martin Flöser from comment #1)
> the goal is to finally merge the two effects. Up to then we won't add 
> filtering support to desktop grid as the effect is already rather complex.

I've taken the liberty to change the status of this bug to confirmed since:
* It's a feature commonly requested by Desktop Grid users;
* The plan to merge the effects Desktop Grid and Present windows into the Overview effect has been abandoned, so these two effects are meant to continue to be maintained and developed after having been recently rewritten. 

On bug id=295775, Nathan Graham writes 

It turns out the Overview effect won't replace Present Windows and Desktop Grid after all. Instead, Present Windows and Desktop Grid have has been rewritten to use the same modern, maintainable backend technology found in the Overview effect. This fixes approximately a gazillion Bugzilla tickets, too! This work has been done by Marco Martin with:
- https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/2279 (Present Windows)
- https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/2327 (Desktop Grid)

Unless there's still a plan to merge Desktop Grid and Present Windows into one, I believe this feature request should be reconsidered.