In the past, when I activated the "find" functionality in kate or kwrite, it would put the currently-selected text in the text box. However, it recently stopped doing so. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new document in kate or kwrite 2. Write two different words. 3. Select the first word 4. Hit the "find" keyboard shortcut ("ctrl+f" by default). 5. Select the second word. 6. Hit the "find" keyboard shortcut again Actual Results: The first word remains in the "find" box. Expected Results: The second word appears in the "find" box.
This is a regression in KDE Frameworks 5.26, and it's fixed in KDE Frameworks 5.27. Please update - sorry for the inconvenience. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 369104 ***