Bug 491334

Summary:	Search result is empty for some two letters
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Sin Jeong-hun <typingcat>
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	cwo.kde, mikel5764, noahadvs
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.0.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sin Jeong-hun 2024-08-05 23:09:32 UTC

SUMMARY
Not all, but for some two letters, the search result is empty. That is, `A` shows something, `AB` shows nothing, and `ABC` shows something. For example, type "wri". "wr" shows nothing. This is not limited to "wr". Another example is "jap" (assuming that you have an item "japan").

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Type wri
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Two letters shows nothing.

EXPECTED RESULT
Two letters shows a match(s).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.9.10-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 cwo 2024-08-06 00:01:45 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

This is a consequence of intentional behavior; many of the individual ways to search have character restrictions (often three characters, sometimes more) as the results are typically not useful with very short search terms. Only a small number, like applications that start with that letter (or pair of letters), are enabled for input of 1-2 characters.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 490972 ***