Bug 439273 - Allow keyboard shortcut to trigger the new search field in the global menu on wayland
Summary: Allow keyboard shortcut to trigger the new search field in the global menu on...
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Global Menu widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.22.2
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Kai Uwe Broulik
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Keywords: wayland-only
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-06-28 18:48 UTC by Dashon
Modified: 2025-07-01 18:16 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Dashon 2021-06-28 18:48:40 UTC
SUMMARY
With the addition of the new search feature in the global menu on wayland, I think that utilizing this functionality would be a lot easier with a keyboard shortcut. While it is possible to trigger the global menu itself with a keyboard shortcut. You have to use the arrow keys to get to the last item which is the search field. If we bind the search field in the global menu to say the alt key. It would be a lot fewer clicks/ keyboard strokes to get to this feature. If it isn't possible to create a shortcut for an item within a widget then I think the search field should become the first item in the global menu. That way the normal keyboard shortcut for activating the global menu will automatically open on the search field when pressed.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use plasma wayland session
2. Enable global menu.
3.Either click on the search field and then within the box to search for something or setup and use a keyboard shortcut to activate the global menu and then navigate to the search entry.


OBSERVED RESULT
Notice the amount of mouse movement and keyboard combinations it takes to get to the search entry.

EXPECTED RESULT
A single keyboard shortcut should get you to the search entry so that you can quickly find what you are looking for.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.12.13-zen1-2-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-08-05 01:09:13 UTC
Makes sense.
Comment 2 D. Debnath 2024-01-23 17:41:30 UTC
Any hope of getting this in Plasma 6?
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-01 18:16:56 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5650