Bug 484523

Summary:	Special characters has no results
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Kristen McWilliam <kristen>
Component:	specialcharacters	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, natalie_clarius, tmoerschell
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.0.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Kristen McWilliam 2024-03-26 13:27:19 UTC

SUMMARY

The Special Characters plugin is not returning results


STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Ensure the `Special Characters` search plugin is enabled (default)
2. Search for a special character with krunner (with or without prefix), eg. `copyright` or `# copyright`


OBSERVED RESULT

No results for special characters, in this instance should have been the result for the copyright symbol: ©, but same with other characters (for example, `Yen` for the Japanese currency.)


EXPECTED RESULT

Expected list of special characters displayed for copying


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 40, Plasma 6.0.2

Comment 1 Thomas Moerschell 2025-02-02 00:37:49 UTC

This looks like it is intended behavior. It gives you the special character if you enter a hex code or an alias that has been defined in the settings (System Settings -> Plasma Search -> Special Characters -> Configure...).
I do agree with you that it's not super useful as it is. Maybe that's a feature that could get implemented.

Comment 2 Kristen McWilliam 2025-02-05 18:03:48 UTC

I think you are correct, the description says it is for entering the hex code. I presumed it was for finding the characters via keywords, which seems much more useful.

There is a 3rd party runner that does this here:

https://github.com/domschrei/krunner-symbols

It doesn't seem fully updated for Plasma 6 though.