I have the "Show applications by name" option checked in Kickoff Appearance settings. The applications are shown by name but still sorted by description.
Git commit a2574c0d8f096232dbcc644cfbd3970ca480fcac by Kai Uwe Broulik. Committed on 04/02/2015 at 10:57. Pushed by broulik into branch 'Plasma/5.2'. Sort apps by name if configured REVIEW: 122318 FIXED-IN: 5.2.1 M +19 -2 applets/kickoff/core/applicationmodel.cpp M +10 -1 applets/kickoff/core/applicationmodel.h M +1 -0 applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/ApplicationsView.qml http://commits.kde.org/plasma-desktop/a2574c0d8f096232dbcc644cfbd3970ca480fcac