Bug 344789

Summary: [RFE] Network Management needs options for filters and search
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Jason Straight <j.straight-kde>
Component: Networks widgetAssignee: Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: jgrulich, lukas, postix, wstephenson
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 5.15.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Jason Straight 2015-03-03 16:15:28 UTC 
Network manager applet gets very crowded and messy with multiple VPN's, LAN networks, and WiFi networks configured.

I think it needs to be more like the KDE menu system with favorites, applications, computer, and leave, except it would instead have Wired, Wireless, VPN, etc. It should also have a filter bar which works across all network types. When I want to connec to my Home VPN, I should be able to click the plasmoid and type "home" and have it show only (and all) connections with "home" in the name or description.

It should probably either open to, or always show, the summary portion for active connections, and home to available wireless connections.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Jan Grulich 2015-07-28 10:16:11 UTC 
I believe that this could be useful sometimes, but there is so much little space in the applet that adding even a search bar would be wasting of space. I'm sorry, but I don't think we are going to implement this any time soon.
Comment 2 postix 2019-02-05 09:59:06 UTC 
(In reply to Jan Grulich from comment #1)
> I believe that this could be useful sometimes, but there is so much little
> space in the applet that adding even a search bar would be wasting of space.
> I'm sorry, but I don't think we are going to implement this any time soon.

https://phabricator.kde.org/D18607
(Add a popup search bar to the plasma-nm applet)
Comment 3 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:25:50 UTC 
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796