Bug 499078

Summary:	KRunner's History settings are confusing
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, natalie_clarius, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.2.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Raphael Kubo da Costa 2025-01-23 22:56:10 UTC

The dialog doesn't have a Help button and the combobox options do not have tooltips, so I've had a hard time understanding the difference between the options, especially since KRunner's behavior seems to have remained the same regardless of the chosen option.

- Does "Disabled" mean "Disable history"? If so, what does it mean?
- What is the difference between "suggestions" and "auto-complete"? Isn't the auto-completed text a suggestion?

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-01-27 20:22:17 UTC

Disable means no history, yeah.

The other two options toggle between the *style: of auto-completion: faded gray placeholder text, or pre-selected actual text.

To be honest I've forgotten the design compromise that resulted in these two options. Do you remember, Alex?

Comment 2 Alexander Lohnau 2025-04-10 20:17:59 UTC

>To be honest I've forgotten the design compromise that resulted in these two options. Do you remember, Alex?

The faded text was a feature newly added. To allow users to keep the previous behavior, I added that option. The difference is next to the visual aspect that with the old behavior, the suggestion was directly applied in the query.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-04-11 18:37:24 UTC

What's the advantage over the old auto-completion mode though? I've forgotten that part.