This is a feature request to add ctrl+k and ctrl+j shortcuts to navigate up and down in the Kickoff search results. It would allow to select (and start) an item without the hands leaving the keyboard home row. krunner already offers this feature, so it would not only be handy but adds consistency. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Kickoff and perform a search 2. Hit ctrl+k or ctrl+j OBSERVED RESULT Nothing happens. EXPECTED RESULT The highlight marking the selected search result item should move up or down in the search results. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: NixOS 22.11 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.15.58 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/1089
Git commit 9b0e5d038dbbf5c0fa4bb01cc0b13aa3fa0cf3a9 by Nate Graham. Committed on 12/08/2022 at 17:56. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applets/kickoff add Ctrl+HJKL navigation shortcuts The Milou view used in KRunner and Overview has these navigation shortcuts already; this commit adds them to Kickoff to preserve a bit of consistency across Plasma's Search UIs. FIXED-IN: 5.26 M +16 -0 applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffGridView.qml M +8 -0 applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffListView.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/commit/9b0e5d038dbbf5c0fa4bb01cc0b13aa3fa0cf3a9