Bug 510871

Summary:	Cannot type the first character with accent in the search field of Application Dashboard due to search field not being focused by default the first time it's opened
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	Application Dashboard widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, niccolo, oded
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.80
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459269
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2025-10-21 15:13:54 UTC

Same issue as Bug 459269, but affecting the Application Dashboard:

1. Restart plasmashell
2. Open Dashboard widget
3. Type "[compose] e e"

Then the search field shows e' instead of é.

We should focus it by default.

Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-21 15:17:02 UTC

Oh, this is actually a bit weirder: in the Dashboard, the search field *is* focused by default
…except for the very first time the dashboard is shown after boot. So that's the bug here

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-10-21 15:20:09 UTC

Weird! I can reproduce that.

Comment 3 Oded Arbel 2025-10-21 20:22:56 UTC

I may be doing something wrong, or I may be asserting things based on 6.4 while you are talking about 6.5 where there's a different implementation of the Application Dashboard search functionality - but on my system I can't manage to use compose on the Application Dashboard search regardless of anything.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-10-21 20:24:15 UTC

Several search-related bugs were fixed in 6.5, yes.