Bug 467420

Summary: Search doesn't find apps by their name
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: David <david.cortes.rivera>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: kde_cannot_find_nemo

Description David 2023-03-15 20:13:05 UTC
Created attachment 157318 [details]
kde_cannot_find_nemo

SUMMARY
The search functionality in places like the applications launcher or krunner doesn't find apps by their name if the name isn't repeated in the description inside the .desktop entry. For example, it doesn't find "nemo", which short-names itself as "files" - see attached screenshot.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install nemo.
2. Press 'windows' to trigger application launcher.
3. Type "nemo".

OBSERVED RESULT
Doesn't find nemo.

EXPECTED RESULT
Should find nemo.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-6-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: SLIMBOOK
Product Name: Executive

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-04-04 20:12:10 UTC
As a workaround, you can add "Nemo" to the app's keywords. And ideally you would submit a pull request upstream to do this in the app's code. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 465961 ***