Bug 430968

Summary: Sort order changes when searching
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Unknown <null>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.20.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: video of it happening

Description Unknown 2020-12-30 06:06:48 UTC
Created attachment 134393 [details]
video of it happening

SUMMARY
Search order changes when typing.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have both Discover + Discord installed
2. Search for "d" then "di" then "dis"
3. Observe how the first search goes discord then to discover.

OBSERVED RESULT
Sort order changes for no reason.

EXPECTED RESULT
Sort order should stay the same when typing.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.9.14-arch1-1
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NV126
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-01-04 23:32:09 UTC
That makes sense. As you add more characters, the relative weightings of the search results can change. Presumably that's why you typed more characters in the first place, no? :)
Comment 2 Unknown 2021-01-05 11:01:57 UTC
I could see why this happens if there was Dinner & Discord, but I don't understand why when the first letters remain the same.

and re: the second point; no. I tend to hit `D` then `i` quickly together (using both hands), and the list loads, then I hit s with my left hand and hit enter with my right, slightly afterwards. So I constantly am searching "Dis" and then hitting enter on "Discover", not "Discord".