Bug 382581 - Add window search in places which list open windows
Summary: Add window search in places which list open windows
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2017-07-22 09:39 UTC by EP
Modified: 2021-03-09 04:08 UTC (History)
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Description EP 2017-07-22 09:39:44 UTC
Having many windows open I often miss the ability to effectively search through them. There are many places which list open windows in some way: Window List, Task Switcher, Present Windows are some of them that I constantly use, but none of them can do the search. The KRunner can only search in all active sources, which is inconvenient (and a regression from the kde4 version). So the framework for searching is already there, it just must be made use of.
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-07-25 20:34:27 UTC
> The KRunner can only search in all active sources, which is inconvenient (and a regression from the kde4 version).

Can you explain this in more detail, please? What does "active sources" mean?

Btw you can also start typing in Present Windows to filter.
Comment 2 EP 2017-07-26 08:47:10 UTC
> Btw you can also start typing in Present Windows to filter.

Wow, thank you very much, this wasn't evident to me, at all. Consider adding a search bar maybe?

> Can you explain this in more detail, please? What does "active sources" mean?

Active sources = currently enabled search plugins. It was possible before to assign a shortcut to a plugin-scoped search, like this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/0eleR.png, was very convenient.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-03-09 04:08:47 UTC
Present windows is basically the use case for this. :)