Bug 449783 - The last search result should be selected when we press up arrow
Summary: The last search result should be selected when we press up arrow
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.27.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Keywords: usability
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-02-08 12:51 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2025-10-15 09:07 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Patrick Silva 2022-02-08 12:51:42 UTC
SUMMARY
With legacy Kickoff, the last search result was selected when up arrow was pressed.
However, the new Kickoff does not behave in the same way.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. do a search with two or more results
2. try to select the last search result by pressing up arrow
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
it's impossible to select the last search result by pressing up arrow

EXPECTED RESULT
we can select the last search result by pressing up arrow, like with legacy kickoff

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-02-08 17:14:54 UTC
Good idea!
Comment 2 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-14 14:21:33 UTC
Uhm, though this shouldn't bee to hard to implement, I'd like to push a bit against this. 

By implementing this, we make it really easy to jump directly to something that's (a) very likely out of screen, (b) the least relevant element in the search. I don't think this would be a common action and I fear that it might be taken by mistake (pressing up instead of down), and it wouldn't be immediately obvious how to get back to the first element in such a scenario.
Comment 3 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-15 09:05:53 UTC
Well, this is currently implemented in Milou's standard result view and if we switch to that I'm definitively not going to make Kickoff inconsistent. I'm still a bit worried though.
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-15 09:07:29 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3251