Bug 462881

Summary:	trying to search in folders with "#" results in incorrect file path
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	dagdnoob
Component:	search	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	dolphin-bugs-null, luca.battarra, s_chriscollins, tagwerk19
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description dagdnoob 2022-12-11 05:14:26 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. create folder with "#" character
2. try to search in said folder

OBSERVED RESULT
file path text after "#" is removed

EXPECTED RESULT
search completes normally

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 tagwerk19 2022-12-11 07:59:17 UTC

(In reply to dagdnoob from comment #0)
> STEPS TO REPRODUCE
> 1. create folder with "#" character
> 2. try to search in said folder
What I tried...

Disable Baloo

Create a folder with a testfile

    mkdir 'folder # one'
    cd 'folder # one'
    echo 'Hello Penguin' > testfile.txt

Open Dolphin and go to the folder:

    Dolphin will show the testfile.txt
    Press Ctrl-F to get the search box, you will see the "From Here (folder # one)'
    Search for 'testfile' as a filename or 'Penguin' as content, you will see the "From Here" change to "From Here (folder )"

Baloo is fine with the folder name, baloosearch finds indexed files and dolphin works when asking baloo for results, it just seems to be the "filenamesearch" that trips up here...

    ... Confirming (in Neon Testing)

Comment 2 S. Christian Collins 2023-01-13 06:29:53 UTC

I'll just mention since it wasn't outright stated in the bug report: this bug causes the search to fail. I can confirm the bug in the latest version of KDE neon Unstable Edition (Dolphin version: 23.03.70, KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.80, KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0, Qt Version: 5.15.8).

Comment 3 aristsakas 2025-12-26 11:36:34 UTC

*** Bug 474053 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 tagwerk19 2025-12-26 19:19:55 UTC

(In reply to tagwerk19 from comment #1)
>  Search for 'testfile' as a filename or 'Penguin' as content, you will see the "From Here" change to "From Here (folder )"
>  ... Confirming (in Neon Testing)

There has been a major change the search UI, revisiting, following the same steps:

Click on Filter, make sure you have Simple Search selected and then search in "File names" or "File contents" and search for "testfile" or "penguin"

You get:
    Search results for "testfile" in folder # one
and then the expected results.

I'll flag as Resolved, Fixed