Likely affects applets other than kickoff as well. To reproduce: - Open Kickoff - Type some letters -> Entered into search field - Press Meta to close the launcher - Open Kickoff by clicking on the icon - Type some letters -> NOT entered into search field Focus can only be restored by pressing Meta.
I can confirm. You need to press into the kickoff window for it to get focus, just clicking the button in the panel won't after you closed it once using Meta.
Git commit a195a6b0b3971f864b1b95ca93ac034bae9fa736 by Kai Uwe Broulik. Committed on 15/11/2016 at 09:31. Pushed by broulik into branch 'master'. [AppletInterface] Never pull focus away from fullRepresentation When closing the launcher using Meta key, it pulls focus away and when clicking the button to expand the applet, it won't get focus again. REVIEW: 129404 M +5 -2 src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/appletinterface.cpp http://commits.kde.org/plasma-framework/a195a6b0b3971f864b1b95ca93ac034bae9fa736