Bug 418088

Summary: Searched text disappears upon refresh due to completed package installation
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: r.sgl
Component: Application Menu (Kicker) widgetAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: nate, noahadvs, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.12.9   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/70854991c58ee26814a383a3a8350559d1e5a466 Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.4.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description r.sgl 2020-02-23 12:57:04 UTC 
SUMMARY
Searched text disappears upon refresh due to completed package installation


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have a package being installed during this process
2. Open the Application Menu and search for text
3. Wait for package installation to complete

OBSERVED RESULT
The Application Menu will now refresh and this removes the searched text

EXPECTED RESULT
Refreshing should not clear searched text

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.44.0
Qt Version: 5.9.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
None
Comment 1 Noah Davis 2023-08-02 22:45:30 UTC 
Can confirm with Plasma 5.26.1
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-08 13:16:55 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3050
Comment 3 cwo 2025-06-09 19:17:31 UTC 
Git commit 27bcbf6380d754646cbd14aed54459d872cb629f by Christoph Wolk.
Committed on 09/06/2025 at 18:56.
Pushed by cwo into branch 'master'.

applets/kicker: rerun search on model refresh

When the underlying model changes, such as from an app being installed
or uninstalled, any active queries may be invalidated and have to be re-
run. Currently, this will just clear the query and leave the widget in
the default state. This is surprising and inconvenient, as the user has
to repeat their input to get back to what they were doing.

Instead, note the current search term on model refresh and re-enter it
for the user, restarting the query. As query changes are on a timer,
we require that clear is exposed in the backend, which is done in a
separate p-w commit.
FIXED-IN: 6.4.0

M  +7    -1    applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
M  +2    -1    applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/main.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/27bcbf6380d754646cbd14aed54459d872cb629f
Comment 4 cwo 2025-06-09 19:31:32 UTC 
Git commit 70854991c58ee26814a383a3a8350559d1e5a466 by Christoph Wolk.
Committed on 09/06/2025 at 19:17.
Pushed by cwo into branch 'Plasma/6.4'.

applets/kicker: rerun search on model refresh

When the underlying model changes, such as from an app being installed
or uninstalled, any active queries may be invalidated and have to be re-
run. Currently, this will just clear the query and leave the widget in
the default state. This is surprising and inconvenient, as the user has
to repeat their input to get back to what they were doing.

Instead, note the current search term on model refresh and re-enter it
for the user, restarting the query. As query changes are on a timer,
we require that clear is exposed in the backend, which is done in a
separate p-w commit.
FIXED-IN: 6.4.0


(cherry picked from commit 27bcbf6380d754646cbd14aed54459d872cb629f)

Co-authored-by: Christoph Wolk <cwo.kde@posteo.net>

M  +7    -1    applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
M  +2    -1    applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/main.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/70854991c58ee26814a383a3a8350559d1e5a466