Bug 426017

Summary: Krunner/plasma launcher should ignore accents
Product: [Plasma] krunner Reporter: vivians88
Component: generalAssignee: Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: alexander.lohnau, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: Search with accents

Description vivians88 2020-08-31 12:57:44 UTC
Created attachment 131310 [details]
Search with accents

SUMMARY
 When looking for apps/configuration/... KRunner and the Plasma launcher take the accents (ex : é) into account, which can be annoying. 

Usecase : In attached file, I am trying to quickly open the Display Settings (Affichage et écran in french), so I type 'ecra', and the launcher does'nt find anything. I must type 'écra' so that it finds it. 

It would be great if the search ignores accents (in any languages). For comparison, GNOME handles this properly.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set your Plasma to french (or whatever language with accents)
2. Press Alt+F1 (or launch KRunner)
3. type 'ecra'

OBSERVED RESULT
No Result match the french word 'écran'.

EXPECTED RESULT

Results containing the french word 'écran', for instance "Capture d'écran" or "Verrouillage de l'écran"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.04 / Arch Linux
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.9 / 5.19
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Alexander Lohnau 2020-08-31 15:57:22 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 324617 ***