Bug 513545

Summary:	Application dashboard: arrow keys not moving focus away from search field anymore
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Sami MBr <samibacha002>
Component:	Application Dashboard widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	cwo.kde, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	accessibility, regression, usability
Version First Reported In:	6.5.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sami MBr 2025-12-18 15:45:18 UTC

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# Main Problem

When opening application dashboard, it comes with toggled search-bar, using arrows to move to the apps under or menu categories or favorites doesn't work anymore, resulting in a bad user experience.

# Previous behavior of the app

Search bar didn't exist as "bar", but we could freely move using arrows and when starting to enter text, it is searched, which is by far a better UX.

# Misc notes

It is still possible to use arrows but first we gotta hit "Tab" key,  and when done, the search bar is no more accessible by arrows.

I am not sure if this started exactly in version 6.5.4, but it worked fine on 6.4.5

# Software infos

Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.9.3
Kernel Version: 6.17.12-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 cwo 2025-12-18 20:06:58 UTC

Thank you for the bug report! This issue is already being tracked in another report, so I'm merging the two.

I tried fixing this a while ago, but getting it consistently to do the right thing turned out a bit trickier than usual. I'll try to have something ready for Plasma 6.6.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511146 ***