Bug 404493

Summary:	Make an option in Kickoff settings to remember last used category when navigating with keyboard
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Andrey Kozlovskiy <akozlovskiy119>
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.15.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/plasma-desktop/f9e7316448ce51ae68d5c2007dbf465617ecea7f	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Navigating with keyboard. Category resets every time.

Description Andrey Kozlovskiy 2019-02-17 20:34:34 UTC

Created attachment 118163 [details]
Navigating with keyboard. Category resets every time.

It would be great to have an option in Kickoff launcher settings to remember last used category when keyboard navigating. And maybe use it by default, like in classic launcher.

See attached video for example.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open 'Applications' tab in Kickoff launcher
2. Enter some category (not first) using right arrow
3. When leaving category with left arrow, focus resets to first category

I am using KDE Neon with Plasma 5.15.0

Comment 1 Andrey Kozlovskiy 2019-08-17 22:58:48 UTC

commit f9e7316448ce51ae68d5c2007dbf465617ecea7f
Author: Andrey Kozlovskiy <andrononete@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 8 11:51:07 2019 -0600

    [Kickoff] Always select previous category in Applications View when navigating backwards
    
    Summary: Current version of the code positions view on the previous category but doesn't set the category itself. I think that selecting the previous category and not the first one is more convenient for keyboard navigation (when you accidentally miss the right category, for example).

    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D22866

https://commits.kde.org/plasma-desktop/f9e7316448ce51ae68d5c2007dbf465617ecea7f