Bug 179483 - Expose UI to activate filtering feature in KDirOperator
Summary: Expose UI to activate filtering feature in KDirOperator
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KIO Bugs
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Keywords:
: 127517 219054 263133 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-01-03 12:44 UTC by Thomas McGuire
Modified: 2025-04-10 11:29 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/23834367db5cb56dc5a0bc62403aefe4becb040a
Version Fixed In: 6.14
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Description Thomas McGuire 2009-01-03 12:44:49 UTC 
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

It would be nice if the filesystem tab would have a quickfilter bar with filter-as-you-type capability, just like KDevelop3 had.
Comment 1 Andreas Pakulat 2009-01-03 21:50:36 UTC 
re-assigning to kdirlister as it IMHO makes sense to have it in the general component.
Comment 2 Andreas Pakulat 2009-01-03 21:51:27 UTC 
hmm, why is kfile not in kdelibs. Moving to the right component.
Comment 3 Dario Andres 2009-05-08 17:01:27 UTC 
"filesystem tab" .. where? Thanks
Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2009-05-08 17:50:15 UTC 
The bug was originally reported against KDevelop, which has a filesystem tab in the sidebar.
Comment 5 Andreas Pakulat 2009-05-08 18:13:56 UTC 
ah, sorry for not updating the description. This is related to KDirOperator, which KDevelop uses to display a filesystem browser.
Comment 6 Dominik Haumann 2009-07-07 16:57:00 UTC 
True, it's implemented e.g. in the kate app filebrowser plugin (kdesdk/kate/plugins/filesystembrowser). KDirOperator itself supports filtering, so this wish is just about making it visible in the gui.
Comment 7 Christoph Feck 2009-12-17 22:33:10 UTC 
*** Bug 219054 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Christoph Feck 2011-01-14 18:49:44 UTC 
*** Bug 263133 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 charly ghislain 2011-01-15 10:41:18 UTC 
as stated in the new duplicate, this functionality in kfiledialog would be useful too.
Comment 10 Christoph Feck 2013-08-16 20:19:01 UTC 
Can you please clarify if this is about the file dialog (bug 142900) or a stand-alone KDirOperator? If the latter, I do not see how/where one would add a filter.
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2018-04-11 22:02:23 UTC 
*** Bug 127517 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Bug Janitor Service 2025-04-01 14:33:43 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1853
Comment 13 Akseli Lahtinen 2025-04-10 11:29:15 UTC 
Git commit 23834367db5cb56dc5a0bc62403aefe4becb040a by Akseli Lahtinen.
Committed on 10/04/2025 at 11:29.
Pushed by akselmo into branch 'master'.

KFileWidget: Add quickfilter bar

Add a quick filter bar which works like Dolphins quickfilter bar.
When an input field is unfocused, press backslash to open it.
The toggle for it can be also found in the settings context menu.
FIXED-IN: 6.14

M  +21   -1    src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
M  +21   -0    src/core/kcoredirlister.h
M  +2    -0    src/core/kcoredirlister_p.h
M  +114  -21   src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/23834367db5cb56dc5a0bc62403aefe4becb040a