Bug 359322

Summary:	fontinst: improve family and style filter (serif, bold, italic, …)
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Christian Stadelmann <dah5aeZe>
Component:	kcm_fontinst	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	aleixpol, thomas.pfeiffer
Priority:	NOR	Flags:	aleixpol: Usability+
Version:	5.5.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Christian Stadelmann 2016-02-12 15:15:58 UTC

Filtering on family does only work if font name includes the property.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open kcmshell5 fontinst
2. look through fonts, note some serif fonts
3. search for "serif" in "Family" and "Style"
4. compare outputs

Actual Results:  
Searching for "serif" doesn't match all serif fonts. Instead only fonts are displayed where the font name matches "serif"

Expected Results:  
Searching for "serif" should present all serif fonts.

This issue also applies to mono(space), sans( serif), …

Comment 1 Aleix Pol 2016-02-13 01:31:02 UTC

What do you mean by "search"? It doesn't have a search field.

Comment 2 Christian Stadelmann 2016-02-13 08:59:53 UTC

Yes, it does have a search field (or to be exact: a filter). When running `kcmshell5 fontinst` I see a search field on the right side above the font preview widget. I filtered by family and style, but I think I'm missing another category to filter by ?

Comment 3 Aleix Pol 2016-02-13 16:35:53 UTC

Ah sorry, I misunderstood. Yes, I can reproduce, still I'm unsure about what you're saying. Wouldn't this make the interface rather unpredictable?
What's the use-case for filtering serif fonts?

I'll add usability there.

Comment 4 Christian Stadelmann 2016-02-13 17:59:19 UTC

Sometimes I want to know "Which serif fonts do I have installed?". That's the use case.

Comment 5 Thomas Pfeiffer 2016-02-17 20:51:39 UTC

I can confirm: When filtering by style, all fonts matching the style entered should be found.
I don't really know what else that filter type should be used for.

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 07:29:38 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

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