Bug 512929

Summary: First search occurrence loses highlight after jumping to next match, unlike other matches
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: Ghislain <ghislain12777>
Component: searchAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ghislain 2025-12-04 08:56:37 UTC 
SUMMARY
First search occurrence loses highlight after jumping to next match, unlike other matches.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Open a document in Kate.
Press Ctrl+F and search for a word that appears multiple times.
Observe that the first occurrence is highlighted.
Press “Next” to jump to the next match.
Notice that the first occurrence is no longer highlighted, while all other matches remain highlighted.

OBSERVED RESULT
The first occurrence loses its highlight after moving to the next match.
All other matches remain highlighted, except the very first one.
This creates the impression that one match is missing from the global highlights.

EXPECTED RESULT
All occurrences of the searched word should remain highlighted consistently, including the first one.
Alternatively, the active match could be distinguished with a configurable background color (in Color Theme Editor), so users can highlight it if they want, instead of it appearing “unhighlighted.”

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:
Linux Ubuntu 25.10, KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5, KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0, Qt Version: 6.9.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This behavior differs from classical editors like Notepad++ or Visual Studio Code, where all matches remain highlighted consistently.