Bug 509816

Summary:	right clicking on a clip and clicking "find clip in project bin" won't select the clip if a search filter is active in the project bin
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	Kris <kris.starr>
Component:	Project Bin & Import	Assignee:	Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mint (Ubuntu based)
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Kris 2025-09-23 07:14:04 UTC

***
If you're not sure this is actually a bug, instead post about it at https://discuss.kde.org

If you're reporting a crash, attach a backtrace with debug symbols; see https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports

Please remove this comment after reading and before submitting - thanks!
***

SUMMARY
When a search filter has text in it in the project bin (the "Search" text input on the top right of the project bin), the "clip in project bin" option (accessed by right clicking on any media clip in the timeline) will NOT work and display a black screen instead of the actual item.

Example:
- The search text input in the project bin contains "birthday".
- Only clips with "birthday" in their name appear in the bin.
- In the timeline, right click and click on "clip in project bin" on a clip from a video called "garden.mov".
- garden.mov won't be highlighted and a black screen will appear.
- However, if you do the step above for a clip coming from a video called "birthday.mov", it will work correctly, hinting what may be the problem.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. [see example section above]
2.
3.

OBSERVED RESULT

EXPECTED RESULT

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version:
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

debug info:

Kdenlive: 25.08.0
Package Type: Flatpak
MLT: 7.33.0
Qt: 6.9.2 (built against 6.9.0 x86_64-little_endian-lp64)
Frameworks: 6.17.0
System: KDE Flatpak runtime
Kernel: linux 6.8.0-71-generic
CPU: x86_64
Windowing System: xcb
GPU: Intel/Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
Movit (GPU): disabled
Track Compositing: qtblend

Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2025-09-23 07:56:08 UTC

Thanks for your report. Although it might be slightly confusing, from a logical point of view, the actual behavior is correct. What is your proposal then ? Do you expect the Bin search filter to be cleared when we call "clip in project bin" from the timeline ?

Comment 2 Kris 2025-09-23 08:07:12 UTC

Thanks for responding.

I can't think of a scenario where I would sacrifice the convenience of the "find clip" feature always working (I even have a hotkey assigned to it) for the sake of keeping the filter in the project bin.

Maybe the design of the current approach should be reconsidered, since finding the 1 specific media clip in the bin based on a clip in the timeline should logically be never constrained by a filter, unless I'm missing something.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-08 03:47:06 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures, please read https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!