Bug 379605

Summary:	can't type in krunner / application launcher
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Kurt Seebauer <kurt.seebauer.oss>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, artem.elf, nicolas
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.9.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Kurt Seebauer 2017-05-07 14:19:26 UTC

Hi,

I'm using plasma 5.9.5 and I'm having trouble with krunner. I start it with ALT-Tab and type, but the text doesn't appear on the command line. Mouse click into the command line does not help. 
Then I try the application launcher and when I start typing, always exactly the first letter is accepted, then it ignores my input. 

I observed the bug for the latest few updates of KDE (frameworks, applications, plasma) in my opensuse tumbleweed. It seems that a "zypper update" can trigger this behaviour, but also simply using KDE for a while without logging out. 
Logging out ouf the session makes it work (until it breaks again). 

The two bugs always appear and disappear together. I didn't report it earlier, because I don't know how to reliably reproduce it. So, what should I try, what info can I provide to help you fix this?

Thanks!

Comment 1 Artem 2019-12-13 08:34:44 UTC

Same problem in plasma version 5.14.5, Debinan 10

Comment 2 Alexander Lohnau 2020-06-14 16:42:12 UTC

Is this still reproducible?

I have used KRunner a lot and on different platforms and did never notice such a behavior.

Comment 3 Nicolas LIENART 2020-06-24 08:52:07 UTC

Same here, only in the application launcher though. Krunner works fine.
I don't know what made the problem appear, it used to work fine for a week.

Operating System: Debian 10 GNU/Linux 

KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0
Qt Version: 5.12.5
Kernel Version: 5.6.0-2-amd64

Comment 4 Nicolas LIENART 2020-06-24 09:01:02 UTC

Actually I just figured out that the issue is more subtle in my case, I tried to replace the default application launcher widget by picking it from the widget panel. However I couldn't type in the widgets' dedicated search bar either.
In the end I was not successful with this attempt.

P.S. I couldn't find a way to edit my previous comment on this platform, any idea on how to proceed please?

Comment 5 Alexander Lohnau 2020-07-11 07:02:01 UTC

I actually had a similar issue recently where KWin had some issues (I am running unstable), in this case restarting KWin solved the problem.

And is this also reproducible for other widgets with a text input field, for instance the clipboard one?

Comment 6 Alexander Lohnau 2020-10-13 20:03:42 UTC

Can you please provide the information requested in my latest comment?

Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2020-10-28 04:33:26 UTC

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Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2020-11-12 04:33:39 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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