Bug 430717

Summary:	Don't allow searching with empty search string
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Andrius <andrius.puksta>
Component:	search	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	minor	CC:	aristsakas, dolphin-bugs-null, kuba.k3, nate, stefan.bruens
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	20.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Andrius 2020-12-22 19:40:22 UTC

SUMMARY
When searching empty search term, Dolphin displays all files in folder AND the parent folder

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. press Ctrl + F
3. press Enter

OBSERVED RESULT
parent folder is displayed on top of result list

EXPECTED RESULT
parent folder is not shown

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-01-12 23:15:50 UTC

Never mind, I was confused, can't reproduce.

Regardless, an empty search term doesn't not really make any sense. We should prevent executing a search query when the search field is empty. If we fix that, the bug here gets fixed automatically, regardless of who can or can't reproduce it. :)

Comment 2 rvvl 2021-04-24 14:34:33 UTC

A merge request have been created today which fixes it. 

Ref:
https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/202

Comment 3 Stefan Brüns 2021-04-24 14:36:50 UTC

Of course its makes sense, you can still search for *all* files with a given tag, type, date, ... or any combination thereof.

Comment 4 aristsakas 2025-12-29 00:17:42 UTC

Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Dolphin 25.12.0.

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-13 03:47:16 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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