Bug 413563

Summary:	Focus search field by default
Product:	[Applications] kmenuedit	Reporter:	Alexander Ewering <ae>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs, usability
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/kmenuedit/e99f996b19ca6f62639cd1401924b99e5902995f	Version Fixed In:	5.18.0

Description Alexander Ewering 2019-10-28 19:20:21 UTC

Examples:

- System Settings: Search field has keyboard focus immediately (good!).
- Discover: Search field has to be focused manually (bad!), but shortcut (Ctrl+F) works (good!)
- "Edit Applications": Search field has to be focused manually, Ctrl+F doesn't work (bad!).

Sorry for the nitpicking, but it would be nice if all search fields, at least in system apps, worked in a consistent manner. It's a minor thing to fix and has a huge impact on usability and perceived product quality.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-11-04 15:00:24 UTC

Bugs on the kde component that track required changes across multiple apps don't really work. See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#One_issue_per_Bugzilla_ticket

The Discover issue was recently fixed in Bug 413407.

Let's use this bug report to track making the search field focused by default in KMenuEdit. Can confirm it!

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2019-11-04 18:28:04 UTC

Here's a patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25145

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2019-11-11 00:41:41 UTC

Git commit e99f996b19ca6f62639cd1401924b99e5902995f by Nate Graham.
Committed on 11/11/2019 at 00:41.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Focus search field by default

Summary:
In general, apps that have Search Fields always visible put the focus there by default.
For example: System Settings and Discover. However KMenuEdit does not follow this pattern.

This patch fixes that.
FIXED-IN: 5.18.0

Test Plan: Open kmenuedit and start typing because the search field is now focused by default

Reviewers: #vdg, #plasma, cfeck

Subscribers: plasma-devel

Tags: #plasma

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25145

M  +1    -1    kmenuedit.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/kmenuedit/e99f996b19ca6f62639cd1401924b99e5902995f