Bug 301459

Summary:	Categories button should reflect the category being filtered on
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	bill p. (aka google01103) <dweeble01103>
Component:	widget explorer	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	anaceciliamb, markg85, notmart
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	regression, usability
Version:	4.9-git	Flags:	myriam: Usability+
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	http://commits.kde.org/kde-workspace/2aa3fba0ba58a09230649f8778f9652806ed936d	Version Fixed In:	4.9
Sentry Crash Report:

Description bill p. (aka google01103) 2012-06-08 16:33:17 UTC

I select a category, do a search and what I'm looking for does not appear so I change my search term and thought the term is valid for a widget nothing shows because it now only searches in a specific category and I've searched the wrong category but I can't tell that it's still a filtered sub-set. Either the category button should display the category being searched or a new search should reset the category selection to all.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. filter category
2. search 
3. search again for a diff widget that's in a diff category
Actual Results:  
no widget found even if it is a valid search

Expected Results:  
widget found because new search resets category to all or the category button tell me I'm searching on a particular category and I see my error

not sure it's a bug or a wishlist but it is confusing (at least to me)

Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-06-10 00:16:38 UTC

A bug and a usability issue IMHO

Comment 2 Marco Martin 2012-06-21 16:13:35 UTC

the current design is set a category -> search to refine the results even more
i think both approaches are valid, it's more yeah, a wish of behavior change

Comment 3 Aurelien Gateau 2012-07-02 15:21:44 UTC

Git commit 7d7e7f3962b6fe8ce59c33c940e5799947015283 by Aurélien Gâteau.
Committed on 02/07/2012 at 16:16.
Pushed by gateau into branch 'KDE/4.9'.

Change the text of the "Category" button when a category is selected.

Also fixes the position of the menu in horizontal mode.

M  +7    -1    libs/plasmagenericshell/widgetsexplorer/package/contents/ui/main.qml

http://commits.kde.org/kde-workspace/7d7e7f3962b6fe8ce59c33c940e5799947015283

Comment 4 Aurelien Gateau 2012-07-02 15:23:20 UTC

Git commit 2aa3fba0ba58a09230649f8778f9652806ed936d by Aurélien Gâteau.
Committed on 02/07/2012 at 16:16.
Pushed by gateau into branch 'master'.

Change the text of the "Category" button when a category is selected.

Also fixes the position of the menu in horizontal mode.

M  +7    -1    libs/plasmagenericshell/widgetsexplorer/package/contents/ui/main.qml

http://commits.kde.org/kde-workspace/2aa3fba0ba58a09230649f8778f9652806ed936d