SUMMARY Currently, the Search plasmoid's expanded view appears immediately next to its compact form. With the option to move Krunner to the center of the screen, I think it would be nice to add similar functionality to search. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Right-click search widget 2. Select configure widget 3. OBSERVED RESULT No options to control the widget EXPECTED RESULT Perhaps the setting to position it in the center as a checkbox. Operating System: KDE neon Testing Edition KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-41-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION It's also aesthetically pleasing
> With the option to move Krunner to the center of the screen, I think it would be nice to add similar functionality to search. Why not just use KRunner itself for that? If we implemented what you request, it would break the general paradigm for widgets that their popups appear adjacent to the thing the user clicked on. I think if you want to do this, I think the solution is to use KRunner itself.
Alright fine, fine, what I'm really truly looking for is a button to press that opens up a CerebroApp-esque search box. I suppose a plasmoid that executes the command to start Krunner when pressed is enough. My optimal case is a button that can be pressed that opens Krunner, whose behavior to open in the center is specified through the Global Theme, not by user interaction in System Settings. Does such a thing exist? However, I do think that search is kind of a strange plasmoid. From what I understand, it uses the same backend as Kickoff and Krunner? Ironically, Krunner has a pin option like Kickoff and the System Tray, but Search does not. So I guess my question is, what exactly is the purpose of Search besides being extremely sleek and minimal? Should Search just become Krunner-Plasmoid?
I think the original intention of the widget was to have an always-visible search field on your panel horizontal, and then when you search, the popup appears to show search results using the same UI as KRunner. if you want a button on your panel that shows a central search UI thingy, I think you can do this by setting up KRunner to show its window in the center, and then invoking it using the command line from a button on the panel. There's a widget on store.kde.org that will let you make it run a terminal command when clicked. Download that, put it on your panel and make it run `qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/org_kde_krunner_desktop invokeShortcut _launch`. I think you'll have to set its position on screen manually; I'm not aware of a way to make it show up in the center temporarily based on the arguments in the DBus infocation.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > I think the original intention of the widget was to have an always-visible > search field on your panel horizontal That's insane. Are you saying that it's actually supposed to be expanded into a text field inside the panel instead of just a search icon?! What happened to it? > Download that, put it on your panel and make > it run `qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/org_kde_krunner_desktop > invokeShortcut _launch`. Thanks! > I think you'll have to set its position on screen manually; I'm not aware of > a way to make it show up in the center temporarily based on the arguments in > the DBus infocation. Darn. I'm always eager to see what can be pulled off with Global Themes without any manual configuration, but I think this is a decent compromise. Thanks for this.
You're welcome!