Bug 515530

Summary:	Nothing has focus by default in the app chooser dialog
Product:	[Plasma] xdg-desktop-portal-kde	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	aleixpol, kdedev
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	regression, usability
Version First Reported In:	6.5.80
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/commit/2ce92ef871b50ca26d16247f822fd7d83ada180c	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Nate Graham 2026-02-04 23:51:53 UTC

After the UI overhaul for Plasma 6.6, the app chooser dialog has ended up in a state where nothing has focus. If I press tab twice, the search field gets focus, but it should probably have focus by default.

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2026-02-05 01:34:52 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/merge_requests/520

Comment 2 Harald Sitter 2026-02-06 15:27:15 UTC

Git commit 7fabd8bc7e88964b7e8bd3cf354fb87859300306 by Harald Sitter.
Committed on 06/02/2026 at 13:02.
Pushed by sitter into branch 'master'.

appchooserdialog: force claim the focus for the search field

M  +3    -1    src/AppChooserDialog.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/commit/7fabd8bc7e88964b7e8bd3cf354fb87859300306

Comment 3 Harald Sitter 2026-02-06 16:17:49 UTC

Git commit 2ce92ef871b50ca26d16247f822fd7d83ada180c by Harald Sitter.
Committed on 06/02/2026 at 15:34.
Pushed by sitter into branch 'Plasma/6.6'.

appchooserdialog: force claim the focus for the search field
(cherry picked from commit 7fabd8bc7e88964b7e8bd3cf354fb87859300306)

M  +3    -1    src/AppChooserDialog.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/commit/2ce92ef871b50ca26d16247f822fd7d83ada180c